UBUNTU-CVE-2021-3482

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2021-3482

    Published: 8 Apr 2021Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2021-3482
    Aliases:
    USN-4941-1

    Summary:

    Details: A flaw was found in Exiv2 in versions before and including 0.27.4-RC1. Improper input validation of the rawData.size property in Jp2Image::readMetadata() in jp2image.cpp can lead to a heap-based buffer overflow via a crafted JPG image containing malicious EXIF data.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-3482, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4941-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-3482

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: exiv2

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

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -0.25-2.1ubuntu16.04.7+esm1

    Affected versions

    0.25-1ubuntu1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
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    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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