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CVE-2024-25112

Denial of service due to unbounded recursion in QuickTimeVideo::multipleEntriesDecoder in Exiv2

5.5 MediumFix available

Exiv2 is a command-line utility and C++ library for reading, writing, deleting, and modifying the metadata of image files. A denial-of-service was found in Exiv2 version v0.28.1: an unbounded recursion can cause Exiv2 to crash by exhausting the stack. The vulnerable function, QuickTimeVideo::multipleEntriesDecoder, was new in v0.28.0, so Exiv2 versions before v0.28 are not affected. The denial-of-service is triggered when Exiv2 is used to read the metadata of a crafted video file. This bug is fixed in version v0.28.2. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
Required

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

0.22%Up 0.2 points since Feb 13, 2024
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

CVE List Score used 5.5

Denial of service due to unbounded recursion in QuickTimeVideo::multipleEntriesDecoder in Exiv2

Exiv2 is a command-line utility and C++ library for reading, writing, deleting, and modifying the metadata of image files. A denial-of-service was found in Exiv2 version v0.28.1: an unbounded recursion can cause Exiv2 to crash by exhausting the stack. The vulnerable function, QuickTimeVideo::multipleEntriesDecoder, was new in v0.28.0, so Exiv2 versions before v0.28 are not affected. The denial-of-service is triggered when Exiv2 is used to read the metadata of a crafted video file. This bug is fixed in version v0.28.2. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

Record
CVE-2024-25112
CVSS 3.1
5.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness
CWE-400, CWE-674
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2024-0058 5.5

Exiv2 is a command-line utility and C++ library for reading, writing, deleting, and modifying the metadata of image files. A denial-of-service was found in Exiv2 version v0.28.1: an unbounded recursion can cause Exiv2 to crash by exhausting the stack. The vulnerable function, QuickTimeVideo::multipleEntriesDecoder, was new in v0.28.0, so Exiv2 versions before v0.28 are not affected. The denial-of-service is triggered when Exiv2 is used to read the metadata of a crafted video file. This bug is fixed in version v0.28.2. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

Record
EUVD-2024-0058
CVSS 3.1
5.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-crmj-qh74-2r36 5.5

Exiv2 has a denial of service due to unbounded recursion in QuickTimeVideo::multipleEntriesDecoder

Impact

A denial-of-service was found in Exiv2 version v0.28.1: an unbounded recursion can cause Exiv2 to crash by exhausting the stack. The vulnerable function, QuickTimeVideo::multipleEntriesDecoder, was new in v0.28.0 (see https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/pull/2337), so Exiv2 versions before v0.28 are not affected. Exiv2 is a command-line utility and C++ library for reading, writing, deleting, and modifying the metadata of image files. The denial-of-service is triggered when Exiv2 is used to read the metadata of a crafted video file.

Patches

The bug is fixed in version v0.28.2.

For more information

Please see our security policy for information about Exiv2 security.

Credit

This bug was found by OSS-Fuzz.

Record
GHSA-crmj-qh74-2r36
CVSS 3.1
5.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness
CWE-400, CWE-674
Updated
2026-11-02
NVD 5.5

Exiv2 is a command-line utility and C++ library for reading, writing, deleting, and modifying the metadata of image files. A denial-of-service was found in Exiv2 version v0.28.1: an unbounded recursion can cause Exiv2 to crash by exhausting the stack. The vulnerable function, QuickTimeVideo::multipleEntriesDecoder, was new in v0.28.0, so Exiv2 versions before v0.28 are not affected. The denial-of-service is triggered when Exiv2 is used to read the metadata of a crafted video file. This bug is fixed in version v0.28.2. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

Record
CVE-2024-25112
CVSS 3.1
5.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 3.1
5.0 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness
CWE-400, CWE-674
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVALPINE-CVE-2024-25112 5.0

Exiv2 is a command-line utility and C++ library for reading, writing, deleting, and modifying the metadata of image files. A denial-of-service was found in Exiv2 version v0.28.1: an unbounded recursion can cause Exiv2 to crash by exhausting the stack. The vulnerable function, QuickTimeVideo::multipleEntriesDecoder, was new in v0.28.0, so Exiv2 versions before v0.28 are not affected. The denial-of-service is triggered when Exiv2 is used to read the metadata of a crafted video file. This bug is fixed in version v0.28.2. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

Record
ALPINE-CVE-2024-25112
CVSS 3.1
5.0 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-03
OSVAZL-42515 5.0

CVE-2024-25112 affecting package exiv2 0.28.0-1

Exiv2 is a command-line utility and C++ library for reading, writing, deleting, and modifying the metadata of image files. A denial-of-service was found in Exiv2 version v0.28.1: an unbounded recursion can cause Exiv2 to crash by exhausting the stack. The vulnerable function, QuickTimeVideo::multipleEntriesDecoder, was new in v0.28.0, so Exiv2 versions before v0.28 are not affected. The denial-of-service is triggered when Exiv2 is used to read the metadata of a crafted video file. This bug is fixed in version v0.28.2. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

Record
AZL-42515
CVSS 3.1
5.0 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
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OSVAZL-42558 5.0

CVE-2024-25112 affecting package exiv2 for versions less than 0.28.3-1

Exiv2 is a command-line utility and C++ library for reading, writing, deleting, and modifying the metadata of image files. A denial-of-service was found in Exiv2 version v0.28.1: an unbounded recursion can cause Exiv2 to crash by exhausting the stack. The vulnerable function, QuickTimeVideo::multipleEntriesDecoder, was new in v0.28.0, so Exiv2 versions before v0.28 are not affected. The denial-of-service is triggered when Exiv2 is used to read the metadata of a crafted video file. This bug is fixed in version v0.28.2. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

Record
AZL-42558
CVSS 3.1
5.0 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV 5.5

Denial of service due to unbounded recursion in QuickTimeVideo::multipleEntriesDecoder in Exiv2

Exiv2 is a command-line utility and C++ library for reading, writing, deleting, and modifying the metadata of image files. A denial-of-service was found in Exiv2 version v0.28.1: an unbounded recursion can cause Exiv2 to crash by exhausting the stack. The vulnerable function, QuickTimeVideo::multipleEntriesDecoder, was new in v0.28.0, so Exiv2 versions before v0.28 are not affected. The denial-of-service is triggered when Exiv2 is used to read the metadata of a crafted video file. This bug is fixed in version v0.28.2. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

Record
CVE-2024-25112
CVSS 3.1
5.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness
CWE-400, CWE-674
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2024-25112 5.0

Exiv2 is a command-line utility and C++ library for reading, writing, deleting, and modifying the metadata of image files. A denial-of-service was found in Exiv2 version v0.28.1: an unbounded recursion can cause Exiv2 to crash by exhausting the stack. The vulnerable function, QuickTimeVideo::multipleEntriesDecoder, was new in v0.28.0, so Exiv2 versions before v0.28 are not affected. The denial-of-service is triggered when Exiv2 is used to read the metadata of a crafted video file. This bug is fixed in version v0.28.2. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2024-25112
CVSS 3.1
5.0 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-crmj-qh74-2r36 5.5

Exiv2 has a denial of service due to unbounded recursion in QuickTimeVideo::multipleEntriesDecoder

Impact

A denial-of-service was found in Exiv2 version v0.28.1: an unbounded recursion can cause Exiv2 to crash by exhausting the stack. The vulnerable function, QuickTimeVideo::multipleEntriesDecoder, was new in v0.28.0 (see https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/pull/2337), so Exiv2 versions before v0.28 are not affected. Exiv2 is a command-line utility and C++ library for reading, writing, deleting, and modifying the metadata of image files. The denial-of-service is triggered when Exiv2 is used to read the metadata of a crafted video file.

Patches

The bug is fixed in version v0.28.2.

For more information

Please see our security policy for information about Exiv2 security.

Credit

This bug was found by OSS-Fuzz.

Record
GHSA-crmj-qh74-2r36
CVSS 3.1
5.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness
CWE-400, CWE-674
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVPYSEC-2024-107 5.0

Exiv2 is a command-line utility and C++ library for reading, writing, deleting, and modifying the metadata of image files. A denial-of-service was found in Exiv2 version v0.28.1: an unbounded recursion can cause Exiv2 to crash by exhausting the stack. The vulnerable function, QuickTimeVideo::multipleEntriesDecoder, was new in v0.28.0, so Exiv2 versions before v0.28 are not affected. The denial-of-service is triggered when Exiv2 is used to read the metadata of a crafted video file. This bug is fixed in version v0.28.2. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

Record
PYSEC-2024-107
CVSS 3.1
5.0 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:13731-1 No score

exiv2-0.28.2-1.1 on GA media

These are all security issues fixed in the exiv2-0.28.2-1.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.

Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:13731-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2026:20410-1 No score

Security update for exiv2

This update for exiv2 fixes the following issues:

Update to exiv2 0.28.8:

  • CVE-2024-24826: out-of-bounds read in QuickTimeVideo: NikonTagsDecoder (bsc#1219870).
  • CVE-2024-25112: denial of service due to unbounded recursion in QuickTimeVideo: multipleEntriesDecoder (bsc#1219871).
  • CVE-2024-39695: out-of-bounds read in AsfVideo: streamProperties (bsc#1227528).
  • CVE-2025-26623: heap buffer overflow via writing metadata into a crafted image file (bsc#1237347).
  • CVE-2025-54080: out-of-bounds read in Exiv2: EpsImage: writeMetadata() when writing metadata into a crafted image file (bsc#1248962).
  • CVE-2025-55304: quadratic performance algorithm in the ICC profile parsing code of JpegBase: readMetadata (bsc#1248963).
  • CVE-2026-25884: out-of-bounds read in CrwMap: decode0x0805 (bsc#1259083).
  • CVE-2026-27596: integer overflow in LoaderNative: getData() leads to out-of-bounds read (bsc#1259084).
  • CVE-2026-27631: crash due to uncaught exception when trying to create std: vector larger than max_size() (bsc#1259085).
Record
openSUSE-SU-2026:20410-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2026:20923-1 No score

Security update for exiv2

This update for exiv2 fixes the following issues:

Update to exiv2 0.28.8:

  • CVE-2024-24826: out-of-bounds read in QuickTimeVideo: NikonTagsDecoder (bsc#1219870).
  • CVE-2024-25112: denial of service due to unbounded recursion in QuickTimeVideo: multipleEntriesDecoder (bsc#1219871).
  • CVE-2024-39695: out-of-bounds read in AsfVideo: streamProperties (bsc#1227528).
  • CVE-2025-26623: heap buffer overflow via writing metadata into a crafted image file (bsc#1237347).
  • CVE-2025-54080: out-of-bounds read in Exiv2: EpsImage: writeMetadata() when writing metadata into a crafted image file (bsc#1248962).
  • CVE-2025-55304: quadratic performance algorithm in the ICC profile parsing code of JpegBase: readMetadata (bsc#1248963).
  • CVE-2026-25884: out-of-bounds read in CrwMap: decode0x0805 (bsc#1259083).
  • CVE-2026-27596: integer overflow in LoaderNative: getData() leads to out-of-bounds read (bsc#1259084).
  • CVE-2026-27631: crash due to uncaught exception when trying to create std: vector larger than max_size() (bsc#1259085).
Record
SUSE-SU-2026:20923-1
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
exiv2
PyPI
 0.16.0 up to 0.16.1
0.16.1
exiv2
Alpine:v3.19
 before 0.28.2-r0
0.28.2-r0
exiv2
Alpine:v3.20
 before 0.28.2-r0
0.28.2-r0
exiv2
Alpine:v3.21
 before 0.28.2-r0
0.28.2-r0
exiv2
Alpine:v3.22
 before 0.28.2-r0
0.28.2-r0
exiv2
Alpine:v3.23
 before 0.28.2-r0
0.28.2-r0
exiv2
Alpine:v3.24
 before 0.28.2-r0
0.28.2-r0
exiv2
Azure Linux:2
 through 0.28.0-1 None known
exiv2
Azure Linux:3
 before 0.28.3-1
0.28.3-1
exiv2
Debian:12
 All versions, plus listed versions
0.27.6-10.28.0+dfsg-10.28.0+dfsg-20.28.0+dfsg-30.28.0+dfsg-4
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0.28.1+dfsg-10.28.1+dfsg-20.28.1+dfsg-30.28.2+dfsg-10.28.3+dfsg-10.28.3+dfsg-20.28.4+dfsg-10.28.4+dfsg-20.28.5+dfsg-10.28.7+dfsg-10.28.7+dfsg-20.28.8+dfsg-10.28.9+dfsg-1
 None known
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Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
exiv2
Debian:13
 before 0.28.3+dfsg-2
0.28.3+dfsg-2
exiv2
Debian:14
 before 0.28.3+dfsg-2
0.28.3+dfsg-2
exiv2
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 16.0
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
 before 0.28.8-160000.1.1
0.28.8-160000.1.1
exiv2
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.0
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
 before 0.28.8-160000.1.1
0.28.8-160000.1.1
exiv2
openSUSE:Tumbleweed
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
 before 0.28.2-1.1
0.28.2-1.1
exiv2
openSUSE:Leap 16.0
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
 before 0.28.8-160000.1.1
0.28.8-160000.1.1

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
affected, facts
affected, aliases, referencesOSV
aliases, publishedEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2024-25112 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) in Exiv2, published February 12, 2024. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.22%, the 12th percentile. Fixed in exiv2 0.16.1.

References

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