{"id":"DEBIAN-CVE-2025-55304","details":"Exiv2 is a C++ library and a command-line utility to read, write, delete and modify Exif, IPTC, XMP and ICC image metadata. A denial-of-service was found in Exiv2 version 0.28.5: a quadratic algorithm in the ICC profile parsing code in jpegBase::readMetadata() can cause Exiv2 to run for a long time. The denial-of-service is triggered when Exiv2 is used to read the metadata of a crafted jpg image file. The bug is fixed in version 0.28.6.","modified":"2026-09-01T16:06:19.466268546Z","published":"2025-08-29T15:15:35.950Z","upstream":["CVE-2025-55304"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-55304"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"exiv2","ecosystem":"Debian:12","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/exiv2?arch=source&distro=bookworm"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["0.27.6-1","0.28.0+dfsg-1","0.28.0+dfsg-2","0.28.0+dfsg-3","0.28.0+dfsg-4","0.28.1+dfsg-1","0.28.1+dfsg-2","0.28.1+dfsg-3","0.28.2+dfsg-1","0.28.3+dfsg-1","0.28.3+dfsg-2","0.28.4+dfsg-1","0.28.4+dfsg-2","0.28.5+dfsg-1","0.28.7+dfsg-1","0.28.7+dfsg-2","0.28.8+dfsg-1","0.28.9+dfsg-1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"not yet assigned"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2025-55304.json"}},{"package":{"name":"exiv2","ecosystem":"Debian:13","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/exiv2?arch=source&distro=trixie"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["0.28.5+dfsg-1","0.28.7+dfsg-1","0.28.7+dfsg-2","0.28.8+dfsg-1","0.28.9+dfsg-1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"not yet assigned"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2025-55304.json"}},{"package":{"name":"exiv2","ecosystem":"Debian:14","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/exiv2?arch=source&distro=forky"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0.28.7+dfsg-2"}]}],"versions":["0.28.5+dfsg-1","0.28.7+dfsg-1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"not yet assigned"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2025-55304.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"}]}