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Fencer Vulns
medium 5.3

CVE-2026-27631 json

Exiv2: Uncaught exception - cannot create std::vector larger than max_size()

published 2026-03-02 8 mo ago modified 2026-08-13 2 mo ago also EUVD-2026-9263 , JLSEC-2026-1318

cvss
5.3
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.3%
EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 21%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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 uncaught exception was found in Exiv2. The vulnerability is in the preview component, which is only triggered when running Exiv2 with an extra command line argument, like -pp. Due to an integer overflow, the code attempts to create a huge std::vector, which causes Exiv2 to crash with an uncaught exception. This issue has been patched in version 0.28.8.

Patch / fix

  • exiv2 exiv2 0.28.8
  • exiv2 Debian 14 0.28.8+dfsg-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2026-27631

  • exiv2 Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 0.27.5-3ubuntu1.1
  • exiv2 Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 0.27.6-1ubuntu0.1
  • exiv2 Ubuntu 25.10 0.28.5+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1
  • exiv2 Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS 0.25-2.1ubuntu16.04.7+esm5
  • exiv2 Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS 0.25-3.1ubuntu0.18.04.11+esm1
  • exiv2 Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS 0.27.2-8ubuntu2.7+esm1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2026-27631

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • exiv2 SLE Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP7 0.27.5-150400.15.7.1
  • exiv2 SLES for SAP applications 16.0, SLES 16.0 0.28.8-160000.1.1
  • exiv2 SLES LTSS Extended Security 12 SP5 0.23-12.26.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2026:2663-1SUSE-SU-2026:2584-1SUSE-SU-2026:20923-1

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

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2026:20410-1openSUSE-SU-2026:10298-1

  • exiv2 Alpine 3.24 0.28.9-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2026-27631

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

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-2026-27631 updated cvss 5.3

Exiv2: Exiv2: Denial of Service via integer overflow in preview component

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 exiv2, exiv2-libs 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
    affected: no fix available “Fix deferred”

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
8 mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.29% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 21% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 4.0 2.7 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
CNA 4.0 2.7 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/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
NVD 3.1 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
OSV 3.1 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
julia Exiv2_jll
all versions
 no fix listed

Affected products

  • Exiv2 exiv2

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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