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Low, CVSS 1.8amended

Exiv2 has quadratic performance in ICC profile parsing in JpegBase::readMetadata

CVE-2025-55304GHSA-m54q-mm9w-fp6g

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Affected packages

  • PyPI exiv2

    Affected
    <= 0.17.3
    Fixed in
    no fixed version recorded

Sources

Severity and exploitation
Exploitation
No confirmed exploitation recorded. Patch Next marks exploitation only from CISA KEV.
CVSS 4.0
1.8 · CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N · score source
EPSS
  • CVE-2025-55304: 0.25% estimated exploitation activity in the next 30 days; percentile 16.96 (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-03). This is a model estimate, not proof of exploitation or customer exposure.
Source description

As published by the source; long descriptions are shortened.

Impact A denial-of-service was found in Exiv2 version v0.28.5: a quadratic algorithm in the ICC profile parsing code in jpegBase::readMetadata() can cause Exiv2 to run for a long time. Exiv2 is a command-line utility and C++ library for reading, writing, deleting, and modifying the metadata of image files. The denial-of-service is triggered when Exiv2 is used to read the metadata of a crafted jpg image file. Patches The bug is fixed in version v0.28.6. References Issue: https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/issues/3333 Fixes: https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/pull/3335 (main branch), https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/pull/3345 (0.28.x branch) For more information Please see our security policy for information about Exiv2 security.

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  1. Revision 3 · amended ·

    Amended from ghsa record GHSA-m54q-mm9w-fp6g

  2. Revision 2 · amended ·

    Reviewed OSV alias/range/CVSS4 correction; package source scopes and original publication preserved. No customer finding resolved.

  3. Revision 1 · created ·

    Published from osv record GHSA-m54q-mm9w-fp6g

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# Patch Next advisory brief: CVE-2025-55304

Advisory: Exiv2 has quadratic performance in ICC profile parsing in JpegBase::readMetadata
IDs: CVE-2025-55304, GHSA-m54q-mm9w-fp6g
Record: https://patchnext.com/advisories/cve-2025-55304 (revision 3, source checked 26 Oct 2026, 13:35 UTC)
Inventory: none attached. This brief comes from a public page and does not say whether any deployment is affected.
Severity: Low (CVSS 1.8)
Exploitation: no confirmed exploitation recorded. Patch Next confirms exploitation only from CISA KEV.
Vendor response: Vendor response not established. A vendor fix does not mean a deployment is fixed.

## Affected components
- PyPI exiv2: affected <= 0.17.3

## Suggested inspection (read-only)
- `python -m pip show exiv2`: prints the installed version. Run with the environment that serves production active.

## Supported action
No complete vendor fix is recorded. Follow the primary source's mitigation guidance and check this record again before closing anything.

## Required regression checks
- Run the test suite and a production build.
- Exercise the features that depend on exiv2.
- Repeat the inspection and confirm that only fixed versions remain installed.

## Rollback considerations
- Keep the previous lockfile and deployment artifact. Rolling back reinstates the vulnerable version, so apply any documented mitigation while you fix forward.

## Unresolved questions
- Which deployments run an affected version?
- Exploitation status can change. Check again before lowering the priority.
- Mark the work resolved only after the fixed version is verified in production.

## Sources
- Verified: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-m54q-mm9w-fp6g (OSV record GHSA-m54q-mm9w-fp6g lists affected ranges: PyPI exiv2 >=0 <=0.17.3)
- Verified: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-m54q-mm9w-fp6g (GitHub-reviewed advisory GHSA-m54q-mm9w-fp6g lists affected ranges: PyPI exiv2 >=0 <=0.17.3)

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