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HistoryMay 04, 2021 - 5:43 p.m.

Arbitrary code execution in ExifTool

2021-05-0417:43:52
CWE-74
GitHub Advisory Database
github.com
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Impact

Arbitrary code execution can occur when running exiftool against files with hostile metadata payloads.

Patches

ExifTool has already been patched in version 12.24. exiftool-vendored, which vendors ExifTool, includes this patch in v14.3.0.

Workarounds

No.

References

https://twitter.com/wcbowling/status/1385803927321415687
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-22204

For more information

If you have any questions or comments about this advisory:

CPENameOperatorVersion
exiftool-vendoredlt14.3.0