CVE-2026-25884 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Exiv2 is a C++ library and a command-line utility to read, write, delete and modify Exif, IPTC, XMP and ICC image metadata. Prior to version 0.28.8, an out-of-bounds read was found. The vulnerability is in the CRW image parser. This issue has been patched in version 0.28.8.

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Attack Requirements None

User Interaction None

Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact None

Vulnerable System Integrity Impact Low

Vulnerable System Availability Impact None

Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact None

Subsequent System Integrity Impact None

Subsequent System Availability Impact None

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

No EPSS score available.

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact partial

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References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/commit/cbba4d206512fe63e12d164fdd1881562f072a9d
https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/pull/3462
https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/security/advisories/GHSA-9mxq-4j5g-5wrp

History

Mon, 02 Mar 2026 21:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Mon, 02 Mar 2026 19:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		Exiv2 is a C++ library and a command-line utility to read, write, delete and modify Exif, IPTC, XMP and ICC image metadata. Prior to version 0.28.8, an out-of-bounds read was found. The vulnerability is in the CRW image parser. This issue has been patched in version 0.28.8.
Title		Exiv2: Out-of-bounds read in CrwMap::decode0x0805
Weaknesses		CWE-125
References		https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/commit/cbba4d206512fe63e12d164fdd1881562f072a9d https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/pull/3462 https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/security/advisories/GHSA-9mxq-4j5g-5wrp
Metrics		cvssV4_0 `{'score': 2.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published: 2026-03-02T19:41:21.157Z

Updated: 2026-03-02T20:15:22.706Z

Reserved: 2026-02-06T21:08:39.129Z

Link: CVE-2026-25884

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-03-02T20:15:16.160Z

NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-03-02T20:16:26.560

Modified: 2026-03-02T20:29:29.330

Link: CVE-2026-25884

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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