CVE-2024-25112 | Denial of service due to unbounded recursion in QuickTimeVideo::multipleEntriesDecoder in Exiv2

Exiv2 is a command-line utility and C++ library for reading, writing, deleting, and modifying the metadata of image files. A denial-of-service was found in Exiv2 version v0.28.1: an unbounded recursion can cause Exiv2 to crash by exhausting the stack. The vulnerable function, `QuickTimeVideo::multipleEntriesDecoder`, was new in v0.28.0, so Exiv2 versions before v0.28 are _not_ affected. The denial-of-service is triggered when Exiv2 is used to read the metadata of a crafted video file. This bug is fixed in version v0.28.2. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

Published: 2024-02-12 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2024-25112 is rated Low Risk (27.4/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.05%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2024-25112

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-04-22 0.05% 0.05% -0.00%
2 2026-04-21 0.05% 0.05% +0.00%
3 2026-04-19 — 0.05% —

Full EPSS history (13 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2024-25112

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.5 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:L)
They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 1.8 3.6 [email protected]
5.0 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:L)
They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 1.3 3.6 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2024-25112

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2024-25112

GHSA-crmj-qh74-2r36 · Severity: medium · Ecosystem: pip — Exiv2 has a denial of service due to unbounded recursion in QuickTimeVideo::multipleEntriesDecoder

OS Trackers for CVE-2024-25112

vendor priority summary link
alpine medium CVE-2024-25112: 1 source package rows (exiv2); 5 state rows across 5 repos (3.19-community, 3.20-community, 3.21-community, 3.22-community, edge-community); fixed 5, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2024-25112
debian not yet assigned CVE-2024-25112 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (exiv2), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 3, open 2. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-25112
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-25112
suse medium CVE-2024-25112 severity moderate: SUSE including 14 source package names (exiv2, exiv2-0.28.2-1.1, …), 98 product×package rows across 33 product lines (SUSE CaaS Platform 4.0, SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1, … (33 product lines)): Known Not Affected 91, Fixed 7. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-25112/
ubuntu medium CVE-2024-25112 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (exiv2), 8 status rows across 8 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, mantic, noble, trusty, upstream, xenial): not-affected 6, ignored 1, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-25112

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2024-25112

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
exiv2 exiv2 0.28.0 cpe:2.3:a:exiv2:exiv2:0.28.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
exiv2 exiv2 0.28.1 cpe:2.3:a:exiv2:exiv2:0.28.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2024-25112

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