CVE-2023-44398 Information

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 write was found in Exiv2 version v0.28.0. The vulnerable function BmffImage::brotliUncompress is new in v0.28.0 so earlier versions of Exiv2 are not affected. The out-of-bounds write is triggered when Exiv2 is used to read the metadata of a crafted image file. An attacker could potentially exploit the vulnerability to gain code execution if they can trick the victim into running Exiv2 on a crafted image file. This bug is fixed in version v0.28.1. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

Reference

https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/security/advisories/GHSA-hrw9-ggg3-3r4r https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/commit/e884a0955359107f4031c74a07406df7e99929a5