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
Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-2663-1 libimage-exiftool-perl security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-4910-1 libimage-exiftool-perl security update
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4987-1 ExifTool vulnerability
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4987-2 ExifTool vulnerability
Fixes

Solution

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Workaround

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History

Wed, 22 Oct 2025 00:30:00 +0000


Tue, 21 Oct 2025 20:30:00 +0000


Tue, 21 Oct 2025 19:30:00 +0000


Thu, 06 Feb 2025 20:15:00 +0000

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Metrics kev

{'dateAdded': '2021-11-17'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'active', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitLab

Published:

Updated: 2025-10-21T23:25:48.455Z

Reserved: 2021-01-05T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-22204

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T18:37:18.092Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-04-23T18:15:08.127

Modified: 2025-10-22T00:17:23.110

Link: CVE-2021-22204

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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