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CVE-2021-22204 (GCVE-0-2021-22204)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-04-23 17:22 – Updated: 2025-10-21 23:25

Summary

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

Severity

6.8 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L

SSVC

Exploitation: active Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2025-02-06 19:49 UTC

CWE

Improper neutralization of directives in dynamically evaluated code ('eval injection') in ExifTool
CWE-94 - Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')

Assigner

GitLab mitre root Scorecard

References

15 references

URL	Tags
https://github.com/exiftool/exiftool/commit/cf0f4…	x_refsource_MISC
https://hackerone.com/reports/1154542	x_refsource_MISC
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4910	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/pac…	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
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https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/pac…	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/05/09/1	mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/05/10/5	mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162558/ExifT…	x_refsource_MISC
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021…	mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/164768/GitLa…	x_refsource_MISC
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/164994/GitLa…	x_refsource_MISC
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/167038/ExifT…	x_refsource_MISC
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilit…	government-resource

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
ExifTool	ExifTool	Affected: >=7.44, <12.24

Credits

Thanks vakzz for reporting this vulnerability through the GitLab HackerOne bug bounty program who then reported it to the ExifTool maintainer

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