CVE catalog

CVE-2025-54080

Exiv2 vulnerabilities

Severity: Medium · CVSS 5.5CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Published: Aug 29, 2025, 2:50:17 PM UTC
Source: [NVD] · [CVE record]
EPSS: 0.14% · Oct 25, 2026

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.

Vulnerable and fixed packages

Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.

Distribution	Package	Release	Version	Status
Debian	exiv2	sid	`0.28.9+dfsg-1`	fixed
Debian	exiv2	forky	`0.28.9+dfsg-1`	fixed
Debian	exiv2	trixie	`0.28.5+dfsg-1`	vulnerable
Debian	exiv2	bookworm	`0.27.6-1`	vulnerable
Ubuntu	exiv2	noble	Not reported	vulnerable
Ubuntu	exiv2	noble	`0.27.6-1ubuntu0.1`	fixed
Ubuntu	libexiv2-27	noble	`0.27.6-1ubuntu0.1`	fixed
Ubuntu	libexiv2-dev	noble	`0.27.6-1ubuntu0.1`	fixed
Ubuntu	libexiv2-doc	noble	`0.27.6-1ubuntu0.1`	fixed
Cpe	exiv2	Not reported	`0.28.6`	fixed
Ubuntu	exiv2	pro	`0.25-4ubuntu2`	vulnerable
Ubuntu	exiv2	pro	`0.25-4ubuntu3`	vulnerable
Ubuntu	exiv2	pro	`0.27.2-8ubuntu2`	vulnerable
Ubuntu	exiv2	pro	`0.27.2-8ubuntu2.2`	vulnerable
Ubuntu	exiv2	pro	`0.27.2-8ubuntu2.4`	vulnerable
Ubuntu	exiv2	pro	`0.27.2-8ubuntu2.5`	vulnerable
Ubuntu	exiv2	pro	`0.27.2-8ubuntu2.6`	vulnerable
Ubuntu	exiv2	pro	`0.27.2-8ubuntu2.7`	vulnerable
Ubuntu	exiv2	pro	`0.27.2-8ubuntu2.7+esm1`	fixed
Ubuntu	exiv2	22.04	`0.27.3-3ubuntu4`	vulnerable
Ubuntu	exiv2	22.04	`0.27.3-3.1ubuntu1`	vulnerable
Ubuntu	exiv2	22.04	`0.27.5-1ubuntu1`	vulnerable
Ubuntu	exiv2	22.04	`0.27.5-3ubuntu1`	vulnerable
Ubuntu	exiv2	22.04	`0.27.5-3ubuntu1.1`	fixed
Ubuntu	exiv2	24.04	`0.27.6-1`	vulnerable
Ubuntu	exiv2	24.04	`0.27.6-1build1`	vulnerable
Ubuntu	exiv2	24.04	`0.27.6-1ubuntu0.1`	fixed
Ubuntu	exiv2	25.10	`0.28.5+dfsg-1`	vulnerable
Ubuntu	exiv2	25.10	`0.28.5+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1`	fixed
Suse	exiv2	linux enterprise server ltss extended security 12 sp5	`0.23-12.26.1`	fixed

Fixed-version evidence

Distribution	Package	Type	Release	Fixed version	Urgency	Origin	Bugs
Debian	exiv2	source	sid	`0.28.7+dfsg-2`	not yet assigned	Not reported	[1112505]
Debian	exiv2	source	forky	`0.28.7+dfsg-2`	not yet assigned	Not reported	[1112505]
Debian	exiv2	source	trixie	`(unfixed)`	not yet assigned	Not reported	[1112505]
Debian	exiv2	source	bookworm	`(unfixed)`	not yet assigned	Not reported	[1112505]
Ubuntu	exiv2	deb	noble	`0.27.6-1ubuntu0.1`	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Ubuntu	libexiv2-27	deb	noble	`0.27.6-1ubuntu0.1`	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Ubuntu	libexiv2-dev	deb	noble	`0.27.6-1ubuntu0.1`	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Ubuntu	libexiv2-doc	deb	noble	`0.27.6-1ubuntu0.1`	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Cpe	exiv2	cpe	Not reported	`0.28.6`	Not reported	NVD-CVE-2025-54080	Not reported
Ubuntu	exiv2	deb	pro	`0.27.2-8ubuntu2.7+esm1`	Not reported	UBUNTU-CVE-2025-54080	Not reported
Ubuntu	exiv2	deb	22.04	`0.27.5-3ubuntu1.1`	Not reported	UBUNTU-CVE-2025-54080	Not reported
Ubuntu	exiv2	deb	24.04	`0.27.6-1ubuntu0.1`	Not reported	UBUNTU-CVE-2025-54080	Not reported
Ubuntu	exiv2	deb	25.10	`0.28.5+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1`	Not reported	UBUNTU-CVE-2025-54080	Not reported
Suse	exiv2	rpm	linux enterprise server ltss extended security 12 sp5	`0.23-12.26.1`	Not reported	SUSE-SU-2026:2663-1	Not reported

[Debian bug #1112505]

Notes

[trixie] exiv2: Minor issue [bookworm] exiv2: Minor issue

OpenFactory catalog packages

[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]

[exiv2]Affected
Details (2)
- 0.27.6-1 · amd64 · bookworm
  Affected
  usn · exiv2 · debian · bookworm; usn · exiv2 · debian · 12
- 0.27.6-1 · arm64 · bookworm
  Affected
  usn · exiv2 · debian · bookworm; usn · exiv2 · debian · 12
[libexiv2-27]Affected
Source package: [exiv2]
Details (2)
- 0.27.6-1 · amd64 · bookworm
  Affected
  usn · exiv2 · debian · bookworm; usn · exiv2 · debian · 12
- 0.27.6-1 · arm64 · bookworm
  Affected
  usn · exiv2 · debian · bookworm; usn · exiv2 · debian · 12
[libexiv2-dev]Affected
Source package: [exiv2]
Details (2)
- 0.27.6-1 · amd64 · bookworm
  Affected
  usn · exiv2 · debian · bookworm; usn · exiv2 · debian · 12
- 0.27.6-1 · arm64 · bookworm
  Affected
  usn · exiv2 · debian · bookworm; usn · exiv2 · debian · 12
[libexiv2-doc]Affected
Source package: [exiv2]
Details (2)
- 0.27.6-1 · all · bookworm
  Affected
  usn · exiv2 · debian · bookworm; usn · exiv2 · debian · 12
- 0.27.6-1 · all · bookworm
  Affected
  usn · exiv2 · debian · bookworm; usn · exiv2 · debian · 12

[Debian 13 (Trixie)]

[exiv2]Affected
Details (2)
- 0.28.5+dfsg-1 · amd64 · trixie
  Affected
  usn · exiv2 · debian · 13
- 0.28.5+dfsg-1 · arm64 · trixie
  Affected
  usn · exiv2 · debian · 13
[libexiv2-28]Affected
Source package: [exiv2]
Details (2)
- 0.28.5+dfsg-1 · amd64 · trixie
  Affected
  usn · exiv2 · debian · 13
- 0.28.5+dfsg-1 · arm64 · trixie
  Affected
  usn · exiv2 · debian · 13
[libexiv2-data]Affected
Source package: [exiv2]
Details (2)
- 0.28.5+dfsg-1 · all · trixie
  Affected
  usn · exiv2 · debian · 13
- 0.28.5+dfsg-1 · all · trixie
  Affected
  usn · exiv2 · debian · 13
[libexiv2-dev]Affected
Source package: [exiv2]
Details (2)
- 0.28.5+dfsg-1 · amd64 · trixie
  Affected
  usn · exiv2 · debian · 13
- 0.28.5+dfsg-1 · arm64 · trixie
  Affected
  usn · exiv2 · debian · 13
[libexiv2-doc]Affected
Source package: [exiv2]
Details (2)
- 0.28.5+dfsg-1 · all · trixie
  Affected
  usn · exiv2 · debian · 13
- 0.28.5+dfsg-1 · all · trixie
  Affected
  usn · exiv2 · debian · 13

Observed: Oct 24, 2026, 7:23:20 PM UTC

References

[Debian Security Tracker] · [FIRST EPSS] · [National Vulnerability Database (NVD)] · [OSV Package Vulnerability Database] · [Red Hat security advisories and VEX] · [SUSE security advisories and VEX] · [Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)]