vulnerability

Red Hat: CVE-2021-3482: CVE-2021-3482 exiv2: Heap-based buffer overflow in Jp2Image::readMetadata() (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P)
Published
Apr 8, 2021
Added
Nov 10, 2021
Modified
Aug 11, 2025

Description

A flaw was found in Exiv2 in versions before and including 0.27.4-RC1. Improper input validation of the rawData.size property in Jp2Image::readMetadata() in jp2image.cpp can lead to a heap-based buffer overflow via a crafted JPG image containing malicious EXIF data.

Solutions

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