CVE-2021-37623
Denial of service due to infinite loop in JpegBase::printStructure (#2)
02 Description
Denial of service due to infinite loop in JpegBase::printStructure (#2)
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 1.05% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 64.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 5.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2021-08-09 00:00Z5 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-04 01:23Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2021-07-29
- Assigning CNA
- GitHub_M
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Medium (CVSS 5.5)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-835Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')Base
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 6452de8c07fe26ee1cacca22fe7ff90427795e0e1e810b6f4297955af30e1f0b
05 Affected products
06 References
- github.comhttps://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/security/advisories/GHSA-mvc4-g5pv-4qqq
- github.comhttps://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/pull/1790
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2021-399f869889https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FMDT4PJB7P43WSOM3TRQIY3J33BAFVVE/
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2021-cbaef8e2d5https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UYGDELIFFJWKUU7SO3QATCIXCZJERGAC/
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-202312-06https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202312-06
07 Fixed in
Arch Linux
- exiv2 Fixed in 0.27.5-1
Source: Arch Linux Security Tracker, the Arch Linux security team. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 12
- exiv2 Fixed in 0.27.5-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- exiv2 Fixed in 0.27.5-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- exiv2 Fixed in 0.27.5-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- exiv2 Fixed in 0.27.2-8ubuntu2.6
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
- exiv2 Fixed in 0.27.3-3ubuntu4
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.