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libtwelvemonkeys-java — security advisory

Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: DEBIAN-CVE-2021-23792

The package com.twelvemonkeys.imageio:imageio-metadata before 3.7.1 are vulnerable to XML External Entity (XXE) Injection due to an insecurely initialized XML parser for reading XMP Metadata. An attacker can exploit this vulnerability if they are able to supply a file (e.g. when an online profile picture is processed) with a malicious XMP segment. If the XMP metadata of the uploaded image is parsed, then the XXE vulnerability is triggered.

Products
libtwelvemonkeys-java
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
3.8.0-1
CVEs
CVE-2021-23792
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
1 Nov 2026, 01:42 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

DEBIAN-CVE-2021-23792

core-osv · Original source

Published 6 May 2022, 20:15 UTC

The package com.twelvemonkeys.imageio:imageio-metadata before 3.7.1 are vulnerable to XML External Entity (XXE) Injection due to an insecurely initialized XML parser for reading XMP Metadata. An attacker can exploit this vulnerability if they are able to supply a file (e.g. when an online profile picture is processed) with a malicious XMP segment. If the XMP metadata of the uploaded image is parsed, then the XXE vulnerability is triggered.

osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2021-23792

libtwelvemonkeys-java

Fixed versions: 3.8.0-1

libtwelvemonkeys-java

Fixed versions: 3.8.0-1

libtwelvemonkeys-java

Fixed versions: 3.8.0-1

Complete source record
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