Name: CVE-2026-25884: Out-of-bounds Read
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2026-03-02T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2026-25884, CVSS 8.1, EPSS 0.00037

Exiv2 is a C++ library and a command-line utility to read, write, delete and modify Exif, IPTC, XMP and ICC image metadata. Prior to version 0.28.8, an out-of-bounds read was found. The vulnerability is in the CRW image parser. This issue has been patched in version 0.28.8.

CVSS Details

CVSS 4.0 Base Score: 2.7 (LOW)
CVSS 4.0 Vector: (CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X)
CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 8.1
CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Alpine Linux	—	Upgrade exiv2	Aug 31, 2026	Mar 2, 2026
Amazon Linux Ami 2	—	Upgrade exiv2-libsUpgrade exiv2-debuginfoUpgrade exiv2-develUpgrade exiv2Upgrade exiv2-doc	May 20, 2026	May 20, 2026
Amazon_linux_2023	—	Upgrade exiv2-libs-debuginfoUpgrade exiv2-libsUpgrade exiv2-develUpgrade exiv2-debugsourceUpgrade exiv2-debuginfoUpgrade exiv2Upgrade exiv2-doc	Mar 27, 2026	Mar 2, 2026
Gentoo Linux	—	Upgrade media-gfx/exiv2.	Mar 10, 2026	Mar 9, 2026
Redhat_linux	—	No solution exists	Jul 17, 2026	Mar 2, 2026
Ubuntu	—	Upgrade exiv2 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade exiv2	Mar 19, 2026	Mar 2, 2026

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CVSS Details

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