CVE-2025-26623

exiv2: Exiv2 is a C++ library and a command-line utility to read, write, deleteand modify Exif, IPTC, XMP and ICC image meta...

CVE-2025-26623 is fixed in 9 products on 1 platform, first by RHSA-2025:7457, released February 18, 2025. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High.

High
CVSS
9.8
Medium
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0092
60th percentile

Exiv2 is a C++ library and a command-line utility to read, write, deleteand modify Exif, IPTC, XMP and ICC image metadata. A heap buffer overflowwas found in Exiv2 versions v0.28.0 to v0.28.4. Versions prior to v0.28.0,such as v0.27.7, are **not** affected. Exiv2 is a command-line utility andC++ library for reading, writing, deleting, and modifying the metadata ofimage files. The heap overflow is triggered when Exiv2 is used to writemetadata into a crafted image file. An attacker could potentially exploitthe vulnerability to gain code execution, if they can trick the victim intorunning Exiv2 on a crafted image file. Note that this bug is only triggeredwhen writing the metadata, which is a less frequently used Exiv2 operationthan reading the metadata. For example, to trigger the bug in the Exiv2command-line application, you need to add an extra command-line argumentsuch as `fixiso`. The bug is fixed in version v0.28.5. Users are advised toupgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

Where it's fixed

ProductFixed inFixReleased
Linux
exiv2 · Debian 13.5 (trixie) 0.28.4+dfsg-2 DEBIAN-CVE-2025-26623 Feb 18, 2025
exiv2 · Debian 14 0.28.4+dfsg-2 DEBIAN-CVE-2025-26623 Feb 18, 2025
exiv2 · RHEL 10 0.28.3-3.el10_0.2 RHSA-2025:7457 Feb 18, 2025
exiv2 · Ubuntu 25.04 (plucky) 0.28.4+dfsg-2 exiv2 0.28.4+dfsg-2 Jan 16, 2026
exiv2 · almalinux 10 0.28.3-3.el10_0.2 ALSA-2025:7457 May 13, 2025
exiv2 · amzn 2023 0.28.5-128.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2025-1049 Jun 25, 2025
exiv2 · ol 10 0:0.28.3-3.el10_0.2 ELSA-2025-7457 Jun 27, 2025
exiv2 · opensuse-leap 16.0 0.28.8-160000.1.1 OPENSUSE-SU-2026:20410-1 Mar 23, 2026
exiv2 · rocky 10 0:0.28.3-3.el10_0.2 RLSA-2025:7457 Oct 3, 2025
exiv2 · sles 16.0 0.28.8-160000.1.1 SUSE-SU-2026:20923-1 Mar 23, 2026
exiv2-debuginfo · amzn 2023 0.28.5-128.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2025-1049 Jun 25, 2025
exiv2-debugsource · amzn 2023 0.28.5-128.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2025-1049 Jun 25, 2025
exiv2-devel · almalinux 10 0.28.3-3.el10_0.2 ALSA-2025:7457 May 13, 2025
exiv2-devel · amzn 2023 0.28.5-128.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2025-1049 Jun 25, 2025
exiv2-devel · ol 10 0:0.28.3-3.el10_0.2 ELSA-2025-7457 Jun 27, 2025
exiv2-doc · almalinux 10 0.28.3-3.el10_0.2 ALSA-2025:7457 May 13, 2025
exiv2-doc · amzn 2023 0.28.5-128.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2025-1049 Jun 25, 2025
exiv2-doc · ol 10 0:0.28.3-3.el10_0.2 ELSA-2025-7457 Jun 27, 2025
exiv2-libs · almalinux 10 0.28.3-3.el10_0.2 ALSA-2025:7457 May 13, 2025
exiv2-libs · amzn 2023 0.28.5-128.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2025-1049 Jun 25, 2025
exiv2-libs · ol 10 0:0.28.3-3.el10_0.2 ELSA-2025-7457 Jun 27, 2025
exiv2-libs-debuginfo · amzn 2023 0.28.5-128.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2025-1049 Jun 25, 2025
libexiv2-28 · Ubuntu 25.04 (plucky) 0.28.4+dfsg-2 libexiv2-28 0.28.4+dfsg-2 Jan 16, 2026
libexiv2-data · Ubuntu 25.04 (plucky) 0.28.4+dfsg-2 libexiv2-data 0.28.4+dfsg-2 Jan 16, 2026

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