CVE-2022-24614
When reading a specially crafted JPEG file, metadata-extractor up to 2.16.0 can be made to allocate large amounts of memory that finally leads to an out-of-memory error even for very small inputs. This could be used to mount a denial of service attack against services that use metadata-extractor library.
Published:Feb 24, 2022
Last Modified:Sep 12, 2025
EPS:Feb 24, 2022
EPSS Score:0.00278
CVSS Score:5.5
Affected Products
Vendor
Product
Action
Vendor
Metadata-extractor Project
Product
Metadata-extractor
Metadata-extractor Project
Metadata-extractor
Vendor
Redhat
Product
Jboss Fuse
Redhat
Jboss Fuse
Exploits
Common Weakness Enumeration
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Vulnerability Scoring System
Attack Vector
Network
Adjacent
Local
Physical
Privileges Required
None
Low
High
User Interaction
None
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Changed
Confidentiality
None
Low
High
Integrity
None
Low
High
Availability
None
Low
High
