Out-of-bounds Read The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package exiv2  (opens in a new tab)


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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU2604-EXIV2-16237613
  • published24 Apr 2026
  • disclosed2 Mar 2026

Introduced: 2 Mar 2026

CVE-2026-25884  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:26.04.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream exiv2 package and not the exiv2 package as distributed by Ubuntu.

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.