CVE-2022-24614 Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in metadata-extractor
Attackers can cause denial of service by triggering excessive memory allocation via crafted JPEG files in the metadata-extractor library.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2022-24614?
CVE-2022-24614 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 24 Feb 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
When reading a specially crafted JPEG file, metadata-extractor up to 2.16.0 can be made to allocate large amounts of memory that finally leads to an out-of-memory error even for very small inputs. This could be used to mount a denial of service attack against services that use metadata-extractor library.
Weakness: CWE-770
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-24614?
2 open source packages ship an affected version, including com.drewnoakes:metadata-extractor. It affects 1 product.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
com.drewnoakes:metadata-extractor Maven | All versions | 2.18.0 |
com.drewnoakes:metadata-extractor Maven | All versions | 2.18.0 |
Products include Metadata-Extractor Project Metadata-Extractor.
How do I fix CVE-2022-24614?
Upgrade com.drewnoakes:metadata-extractor to 2.18.0 or later.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2022-24614 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-24614 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2022-24614, GHSA-4v6p-cxf9-98rf, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-24614.