Exiv2 Out-of-Bounds Read Vulnerabilities

Out-of-bounds read in Exiv2's CRW image parser allows remote attackers to cause denial of service and potentially disclose sensitive memory contents through crafted image files. Versions prior to 0.28.8 are affected, and public exploit code exists for this vulnerability. A patch is available that administrators should deploy immediately to prevent exploitation.

Out-of-bounds memory read in Exiv2 prior to version 0.28.8 causes denial of service through application crash when processing specially crafted image files with the preview extraction feature. The vulnerability requires specific command-line arguments (such as -pp) to trigger and affects all users running vulnerable Exiv2 versions for image metadata operations. A patch is available in version 0.28.8 and later.