Uncontrolled Recursion in Exiv2 - CVE-2024-25112
Published: February 13, 2024
Vulnerability identifier: #VU86372
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-25112
CWE-ID: CWE-674
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: GNU
Affected software:
Exiv2
Exiv2
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to an unbounded recursion in QuickTimeVideo::multipleEntriesDecoder. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted input to the application and perform a denial of service attack.
How to mitigate CVE-2024-25112
Install updates from vendor's website.