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medium 5.3

CVE-2024-39695 json

Exiv2 has an out-of-bounds read in AsfVideo::streamProperties

published 2024-07-08 2 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2024-38191

cvss
5.3
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.6%
EPSS 0.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 46%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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 v0.28.2. The vulnerability is in the parser for the ASF video format, which was a new feature in v0.28.0. The out-of-bounds read is triggered when Exiv2 is used to read the metadata of a crafted video file. The bug is fixed in version v0.28.3.

Patch / fix

  • Exiv2 exiv2 0.28.3
  • exiv2 SLES for SAP applications 16.0, SLES 16.0 0.28.8-160000.1.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2026:20923-1

  • exiv2 openSUSE Leap 16.0 0.28.8-160000.1.1
  • exiv2 openSUSE Tumbleweed 0.28.3-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2026:20410-1openSUSE-SU-2024:14184-1

  • exiv2 Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22 +2 more 0.28.3-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2024-39695

Alpine secdb © Alpine Linux, from https://secdb.alpinelinux.org via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • exiv2 Azure Linux 3.0 0.28.3-1

azure linux advisories AZL-43224

Azure Linux vulnerability data, Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation, from https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData via OSV, under the MIT licence; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. MIT

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2024-39695 updated cvss 6.5

exiv2: Out-of-bounds read in AsfVideo::streamProperties

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 exiv2, exiv2-libs, compat-exiv2-023, compat-exiv2-026 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 exiv2, exiv2-libs, compat-exiv2-026 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 exiv2, exiv2-libs Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 exiv2
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
2 y ago

Exploit prediction

0.56% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 46% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
NVD 3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L

Affected products

  • Exiv2 exiv2

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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