UBUNTU-CVE-2021-22204

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2021-22204

    Published: 23 Apr 2021Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2021-22204

    Summary:

    Details: 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: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-22204, https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1925985, https://github.com/exiftool/exiftool/commit/cf0f4e7dcd024ca99615bfd1102a841a25dde031#diff-fa0d652d10dbcd246e6b1df16c1e992931d3bb717a7e36157596b76bdadb3800, https://hackerone.com/reports/1154542, https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2021/CVE-2021-22204.json, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4987-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-22204, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4987-2

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: libimage-exiftool-perl

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]~esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/xenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -10.10-1ubuntu0.1~esm1

    Affected versions

    10.00-1

    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
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