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exiv2 — security advisory
Exiv2 is a C++ library and a command-line utility to read, write, delete and modify Exif, IPTC, XMP and ICC image metadata. A denial-of-service was found in Exiv2 version 0.28.5: a quadratic algorithm in the ICC profile parsing code in jpegBase::readMetadata() can cause Exiv2 to run for a long time. The denial-of-service is triggered when Exiv2 is used to read the metadata of a crafted jpg image file. The bug is fixed in version 0.28.6.
- Products
- exiv2
- Affected versions
- 0.27.6-1, 0.28.0+dfsg-1, 0.28.0+dfsg-2, 0.28.0+dfsg-3, 0.28.0+dfsg-4, 0.28.1+dfsg-1, 0.28.1+dfsg-2, 0.28.1+dfsg-3, 0.28.2+dfsg-1, 0.28.3+dfsg-1, 0.28.3+dfsg-2, 0.28.4+dfsg-1, 0.28.4+dfsg-2, 0.28.5+dfsg-1, 0.28.7+dfsg-1, 0.28.7+dfsg-2, 0.28.8+dfsg-1, 0.28.9+dfsg-1
- Fixed versions
- 0.28.7+dfsg-2
- CVEs
- CVE-2025-55304
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 23:00 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
Exiv2 is a C++ library and a command-line utility to read, write, delete and modify Exif, IPTC, XMP and ICC image metadata. A denial-of-service was found in Exiv2 version 0.28.5: a quadratic algorithm in the ICC profile parsing code in jpegBase::readMetadata() can cause Exiv2 to run for a long time. The denial-of-service is triggered when Exiv2 is used to read the metadata of a crafted jpg image file. The bug is fixed in version 0.28.6.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2025-55304
exiv2
Fixed versions: Not specified
exiv2
Fixed versions: Not specified
exiv2
Fixed versions: 0.28.7+dfsg-2
Complete source record
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