vulnerability

Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2021-22204): ExifTool vulnerability

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Apr 23, 2021
Added
Jun 11, 2021
Modified
Apr 16, 2026

Description

Improper neutralization of user data in the DjVu file format in ExifTool versions 7.44 and up allows arbitrary code execution when parsing the malicious image

Solutions

ubuntu-pro-upgrade-libimage-exiftool-perlubuntu-upgrade-libimage-exiftool-perl
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