Low 1.8Published Aug 29, 2025

CVE-2025-55304Exiv2 has quadratic performance in ICC profile parsing in JpegBase::readMetadata

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 27, 2026, 8:50 AM ET)

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Exiv2 is a C++ library and a command-line utility to read, write, delete and modify Exif, IPTC, XMP and ICC image metadata. A denial-of-service was found in Exiv2 version 0.28.5: a quadratic algorithm in the ICC profile parsing code in jpegBase::readMetadata() can cause Exiv2 to run for a long time. The denial-of-service is triggered when Exiv2 is used to read the metadata of a crafted jpg image file. The bug is fixed in version 0.28.6.

CVSS: 1.8 LOW (v4.0, CNA)CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Weakness (CWE): CWE-407
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: GitHub_M
NVD analysis: Analyzed
Record last updated: Aug 29, 2025
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 19, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

Exiv2 exiv2 exiv2:exiv2 (from the name)	before 0.28.6	CNA record
exiv2 exiv2 exiv2:exiv2	before 0.28.6	NVD

References

References

https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/security/advisories/GHSA-m54q-mm9w-fp6g	x-refsource-confirm, third-party-advisory
https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/issues/3333	x-refsource-misc, exploit, issue-tracking
https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/pull/3335	x-refsource-misc, patch
https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/pull/3345	x-refsource-misc, patch

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