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CVE-2021-22204 (GCVE-0-2021-22204)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-04-23 17:22 – Updated: 2025-10-21 23:25
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
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
Severity
6.8 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: active
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-02-06 19:49 UTC
CWE
- Improper neutralization of directives in dynamically evaluated code ('eval injection') in ExifTool
- CWE-94 - Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
Assigner
GitLab
CNA
References
15 references
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