CVE-2025-54080
Description
Exiv2 is a C++ library and a command-line utility to read, write, delete and modify Exif, IPTC, XMP and ICC image metadata. An out-of-bounds read was found in Exiv2 versions 0.28.5 and earlier. The out-of-bounds read is triggered when Exiv2 is used to write metadata into a crafted image file. An attacker could potentially exploit the vulnerability to cause a denial of service by crashing Exiv2, if they can trick the victim into running Exiv2 on a crafted image file. Note that this bug is only triggered when writing the metadata, which is a less frequently used Exiv2 operation than reading the metadata. The bug is fixed in version 0.28.6.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-54080.html
Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-54080
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | bookworm | affected | |
| debian | bullseye | affected | |
| debian | forky | fixed | 0.28.7+dfsg-2 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 0.28.7+dfsg-2 |
| debian | trixie | affected | |
| sles | affected | |
Package impact
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| PyPI | exiv2 | <=0.17.3 | |
References
- https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/security/advisories/GHSA-496f-x7cq-cq39
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-54080
- https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/commit/e737332427711f15bcdc4e903203d6b7493eaec0
- https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-54080
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-54080.html
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.