All errata/sisyphus/ALT-PU-2026-5277-1
ALT-PU-2026-5277-1

Package update metadata-extractor in branch sisyphus

Version2.18.0-alt1
Task#412541
Published2026-03-25
Max severityHIGH
Severity:

Closed issues (4)

CVE-2022-24613
MEDIUM5.5

metadata-extractor up to 2.16.0 can throw various uncaught exceptions while parsing a specially crafted JPEG file, which could result in an application crash. This could be used to mount a denial of service attack against services that use metadata-extractor library.

Published: 2022-02-24Modified: 2025-09-05
CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 4.3
CVSS:2.0/AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
CVSS 3.xMEDIUM 5.5
CVSS:3.x/CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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CVE-2022-24614
MEDIUM5.5

When reading a specially crafted JPEG file, metadata-extractor up to 2.16.0 can be made to allocate large amounts of memory that finally leads to an out-of-memory error even for very small inputs. This could be used to mount a denial of service attack against services that use metadata-extractor library.

Published: 2022-02-24Modified: 2025-09-12
CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 4.3
CVSS:2.0/AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
CVSS 3.xMEDIUM 5.5
CVSS:3.x/CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
References
GHSA-4v6p-cxf9-98rf
HIGH7.1

Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in metadata-extractor

Published: 2022-02-25Modified: 2024-11-18
CVSS 3.xHIGH 7.1
CVSS:3.x/CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 4.0HIGH 7.1
CVSS:4.0/CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
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