Exiv2 up to 0.28.1 QuickTime Video multipleEntriesDecoder resource consumption

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A vulnerability was found in Exiv2 up to 0.28.1. It has been rated as problematic. Affected is the function QuickTimeVideo::multipleEntriesDecoder of the component QuickTime Video Handler. The manipulation leads to resource consumption. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2024-25112. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Exiv2 up to 0.28.1 (Image Processing Software). This issue affects the function QuickTimeVideo::multipleEntriesDecoder of the component QuickTime Video Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource consumption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-400. The product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource, thereby enabling an actor to influence the amount of resources consumed, eventually leading to the exhaustion of available resources. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:

Exiv2 is a command-line utility and C++ library for reading, writing, deleting, and modifying the metadata of image files. A denial-of-service was found in Exiv2 version v0.28.1: an unbounded recursion can cause Exiv2 to crash by exhausting the stack. The vulnerable function, `QuickTimeVideo::multipleEntriesDecoder`, was new in v0.28.0, so Exiv2 versions before v0.28 are _not_ affected. The denial-of-service is triggered when Exiv2 is used to read the metadata of a crafted video file. This bug is fixed in version v0.28.2. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

The weakness was published 02/13/2024 as GHSA-crmj-qh74-2r36. The advisory is shared at github.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2024-25112 since 02/05/2024. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1499 for this issue.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 213670 (Amazon Linux 2 : exiv2 (ALAS-2025-2728)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 0.28.2 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at github.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (213670). Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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• Image Processing Software

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• Exiv2

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• 0.28.0
• 0.28.1

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• free

Website

• Product: https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/

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Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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