CVE-2025-54080: Exiv2 Segmentation Faults in Exiv2::EpsImage::writeMetadata() via crafted EPS file

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2025-08-29 · updated 2026-10-19
Weakness: CWE-125

Description

Exiv2 is a C++ library and a command-line utility to read, write, delete and modify Exif, IPTC, XMP and ICC image metadata. An out-of-bounds read was found in Exiv2 versions 0.28.5 and earlier. The out-of-bounds read is triggered when Exiv2 is used to write metadata into a crafted image file. An attacker could potentially exploit the vulnerability to cause a denial of service by crashing Exiv2, if they can trick the victim into running Exiv2 on a crafted image file. Note that this bug is only triggered when writing the metadata, which is a less frequently used Exiv2 operation than reading the metadata. The bug is fixed in version 0.28.6.

Affected products

exiv2: before 0.28.6 — fixed in 0.28.6

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: exiv2 0.28.6. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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