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HistoryJan 20, 2023 - 7:33 p.m.

ExifTool vulnerable to arbitrary code execution

2023-01-2019:33:40
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.rb, which vendors ExifTool, includes this patch in v12.25.0.

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:

Open an issue in exiftool_vendored.rb

CPENameOperatorVersion
exiftool_vendoredlt12.25.0