Risk Letters

Exploited vulnerability

CVE-2021-22204

TLP:CLEAR

ExifTool Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Improper neutralization of user data in the DjVu file format in Exiftool versions 7.44 and up allows arbitrary code execution when parsing the malicious image

Facts

  • Vendor: Perl
  • Product: Exiftool
  • CVSS: 6.8
  • EPSS (probability of exploitation within 30 days): 100 %
  • On CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list since: 17 November 2021
  • First known exploitation: 17 November 2021
  • CISA's deadline for US federal agencies: 1 December 2021
  • Weakness: CWE-95
  • First seen by Risk Letters: 17 November 2021

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Data: NVD (public domain), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS, MITRE ATT&CK, AlienVault OTX. NVD