Use After Free Affecting exiv2/exiv2 package, versions [0.28.0,]
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- published20 Feb 2025
- disclosed18 Feb 2025
- creditLIU Yuwei
Introduced: 18 Feb 2025
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How to fix?
A fix was pushed into the master branch but not yet published.
Overview
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Use After Free due to a heap overflow in tiffcomposite_int.cpp, when writing metadata into an image file. An attacker can execute code by tricking a user into running specific commands contained in a malicious image file.