Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') Affecting libexiv2-devel package, versions <0.27.5-150400.15.7.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.11% (64th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES157-LIBEXIV2DEVEL-17436665
  • published24 Jun 2026
  • disclosed23 Jun 2026

Introduced: 23 Jun 2026

CVE-2021-34334  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-835  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.7 libexiv2-devel to version 0.27.5-150400.15.7.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libexiv2-devel package and not the libexiv2-devel package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.7 relevant fixed versions and status.

Exiv2 is a command-line utility and C++ library for reading, writing, deleting, and modifying the metadata of image files. An infinite loop is triggered when Exiv2 is used to read the metadata of a crafted image file. An attacker could potentially exploit the vulnerability to cause a denial of service, if they can trick the victim into running Exiv2 on a crafted image file. The bug is fixed in version v0.27.5.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1