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🛡️ GHSA-q95h-cqrv-8jv5 — exiftool-vendored (CVE-2021-22204)

🟠 CVSS 8.0 — High ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-74 OSV
8.0
CVSS Score
0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

Description

ExifTool vulnerable to arbitrary code execution

Impact

Arbitrary code execution can occur when running exiftool against files with hostile metadata payloads

Patches

ExifTool has already been patched in version 12.24. exiftool_vendored.rb, which vendors ExifTool, includes this patch in [v12.25.0](https://github.com/exiftool-rb/exiftool_vendored.rb/releases/tag/v12.25.0).

Workarounds

No

References

https://twitter.com/wcbowling/status/1385803927321415687

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-22204

For more information

If you have any questions or comments about this advisory:

Open an issue in [exiftool_vendored.rb](https://github.com/exiftool-rb/exiftool_vendored.rb/issues)

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached with local access to the system, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs low-level privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity high, availability high.

Weakness class

GHSA-q95h-cqrv-8jv5 is classified as CWE-74: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection'). The product constructs all or part of a command, data structure, or record using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify how it is parsed or…

Affected software

GHSA-q95h-cqrv-8jv5 is recorded against 1 package.

  • exiftool-vendored (fixed in 12.25.0)

Timeline and source

Published on 20 January 2023 and last revised on 29 November 2024. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

github.com (Web)
github.com (Package)
twitter.com (Web)

Details

Severity HIGH
CVSS Score 8.0
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE CWE-74
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2023-01-20
Updated 2026-08-20
Modified 2024-11-29
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
exiftool-vendored — 12.25.0

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