CVE-2022-3756
A vulnerability was found in Exiv2. It has been classified as critical. Affected is the function...
DO NOT USE THIS CANDIDATE NUMBER. ConsultIDs: none. Reason: This candidate was withdrawn by its CNA. Further investigation showed that it was not a security issue. Notes: none.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
What each source reports
GitHub Advisories Score usedGHSA-4mwp-jhj2-q2gx
A vulnerability was found in Exiv2. It has been classified as critical. Affected is the function...
A vulnerability was found in Exiv2. It has been classified as critical. Affected is the function QuickTimeVideo::userDataDecoder of the file quicktimevideo.cpp of the component QuickTime Video Handler. The manipulation leads to integer overflow. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The name of the patch is bf4f28b727bdedbd7c88179c30d360e54568a62e. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. The identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-212496.
- Record
GHSA-4mwp-jhj2-q2gx- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
DO NOT USE THIS CANDIDATE NUMBER. ConsultIDs: none. Reason: This candidate was withdrawn by its CNA. Further investigation showed that it was not a security issue. Notes: none.
- Record
CVE-2022-3756- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2022-43110
A vulnerability was found in Exiv2. It has been classified as critical. Affected is the function QuickTimeVideo::userDataDecoder of the file quicktimevideo.cpp of the component QuickTime Video Handler. The manipulation leads to integer overflow. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The name of the patch is bf4f28b727bdedbd7c88179c30d360e54568a62e. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. The identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-212496.
- Record
EUVD-2022-43110- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-03
NVD No score
Rejected reason: DO NOT USE THIS CANDIDATE NUMBER. ConsultIDs: none. Reason: This candidate was withdrawn by its CNA. Further investigation showed that it was not a security issue. Notes: none.
- Record
CVE-2022-3756- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVOESA-2022-2063
exiv2 security update
Exiv2 is a Cross-platform C++ library and a command line utility to manage image metadata. It provides fast and easy read and write access to the Exif, IPTC and XMP metadata and the ICC Profile embedded within digital images in various formats.
Security Fix(es):
A vulnerability was found in Exiv2. It has been classified as critical. Affected is the function QuickTimeVideo::userDataDecoder of the file quicktimevideo.cpp of the component QuickTime Video Handler. The manipulation leads to integer overflow. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The name of the patch is bf4f28b727bdedbd7c88179c30d360e54568a62e. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. The identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-212496.(CVE-2022-3756)
- Record
OESA-2022-2063- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVMGASA-2022-0420 No score
Updated exiv2 packages fix security vulnerability
Affected is the function QuickTimeVideo::userDataDecoder of the file quicktimevideo.cpp of the component QuickTime Video Handler. The manipulation leads to integer overflow. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. (CVE-2022-3756)
- Record
MGASA-2022-0420- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected packages
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, references | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2022-3756 has been rejected by its source and should not be treated as a live vulnerability, published October 29, 2022. Fixed in exiv2 0.27.3-1.5.mga8.