FKIE_CVE-2021-22204

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2021-04-23 18:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 03:36
Severity
6.8 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
Improper neutralization of user data in the DjVu file format in ExifTool versions 7.44 and up allows arbitrary code execution when parsing the malicious image
References
cve@gitlab.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162558/ExifTool-DjVu-ANT-Perl-Injection.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@gitlab.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/164768/GitLab-Unauthenticated-Remote-ExifTool-Command-Injection.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@gitlab.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/164994/GitLab-13.10.2-Remote-Code-Execution.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@gitlab.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/167038/ExifTool-12.23-Arbitrary-Code-Execution.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@gitlab.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/05/09/1Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@gitlab.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/05/10/5Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@gitlab.comhttps://github.com/exiftool/exiftool/commit/cf0f4e7dcd024ca99615bfd1102a841a25dde031#diff-fa0d652d10dbcd246e6b1df16c1e992931d3bb717a7e36157596b76bdadb3800Patch
cve@gitlab.comhttps://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2021/CVE-2021-22204.jsonThird Party Advisory
cve@gitlab.comhttps://hackerone.com/reports/1154542Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
cve@gitlab.comhttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/05/msg00018.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@gitlab.comhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DDKDLJLBTBBR66OOPXSXCG2PQRM5KCZL/Release Notes
cve@gitlab.comhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/F6UOBPU3LSHAPRRJNISNVXZ5DSUIALLV/Release Notes
cve@gitlab.comhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/U4RF6PJCJ6NQOVJJJF6HN6BORUQVIXY6/Release Notes
cve@gitlab.comhttps://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4910Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162558/ExifTool-DjVu-ANT-Perl-Injection.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/164768/GitLab-Unauthenticated-Remote-ExifTool-Command-Injection.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/164994/GitLab-13.10.2-Remote-Code-Execution.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/167038/ExifTool-12.23-Arbitrary-Code-Execution.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/05/09/1Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/05/10/5Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/exiftool/exiftool/commit/cf0f4e7dcd024ca99615bfd1102a841a25dde031#diff-fa0d652d10dbcd246e6b1df16c1e992931d3bb717a7e36157596b76bdadb3800Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2021/CVE-2021-22204.jsonThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://hackerone.com/reports/1154542Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/05/msg00018.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DDKDLJLBTBBR66OOPXSXCG2PQRM5KCZL/Release Notes
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/F6UOBPU3LSHAPRRJNISNVXZ5DSUIALLV/Release Notes
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/U4RF6PJCJ6NQOVJJJF6HN6BORUQVIXY6/Release Notes
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4910Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2021-22204US Government Resource
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
exiftool_project exiftool *
debian debian_linux 9.0
debian debian_linux 10.0
fedoraproject fedora 32
fedoraproject fedora 33
fedoraproject fedora 34
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  "lastModified": "2026-06-17T03:36:47.890",
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