CVE-2021-29623 log

Source
Severity Low
Remote Yes
Type Information disclosure
Description
A read of uninitialized memory was found in Exiv2 before version 0.27.4. The read of uninitialized memory is triggered when Exiv2 is used to read the metadata of a crafted image file. An attacker could potentially exploit the vulnerability to leak a few bytes of stack memory, if they can trick the victim into running Exiv2 on a crafted image file.
Group Package Affected Fixed Severity Status Ticket
AVG-1772 exiv2 0.27.3-1 0.27.4-1 Low Fixed
Date Advisory Group Package Severity Type
22 Jun 2021 ASA-202106-54 AVG-1772 exiv2 Low multiple issues
References
https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/security/advisories/GHSA-6253-qjwm-3q4v
https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/pull/1627
https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/commit/0f9eb74c44c908e170a64cab590949d53749af8e