CVE-2024-24826 Out-of-bounds read in QuickTimeVideo::NikonTagsDecoder in Exiv2

What is CVE-2024-24826?

CVE-2024-24826 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Exiv2 Exiv2, published on 12 Feb 2024. 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

Exiv2 is a command-line utility and C++ library for reading, writing, deleting, and modifying the metadata of image files. An out-of-bounds read was found in Exiv2 version v0.28.1. The vulnerable function, `QuickTimeVideo::NikonTagsDecoder`, was new in v0.28.0, so Exiv2 versions before v0.28 are _not_ affected. The out-of-bounds read is triggered when Exiv2 is used to read the metadata of a crafted video file. In most cases this out of bounds read will result in a crash. This bug is fixed in version v0.28.2. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

Weakness: CWE-125

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-24826?

3 open source packages ship an affected version, including exiv2. It affects 1 product.

Products include Exiv2 Exiv2.

How do I fix CVE-2024-24826?

Upgrade exiv2 to 0.16.1 or later.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2024-24826 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-24826 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Exiv2 Exiv2

• CVE-2023-44398 Out-of-bounds write in exiv2 High 8.8
• CVE-2019-9143 Denial of service in n/a High 8.8
• CVE-2019-9144 Denial of service in n/a High 8.8
• CVE-2018-14046 Memory corruption in n/a High 8.8
• CVE-2017-12955 Memory corruption in n/a High 8.8

All Exiv2 Exiv2 vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as AZL-42500, AZL-42555, CLEANSTART-2024-TD02845, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-24826, GHSA-g9xm-7538-mq8w, PYSEC-2024-106.