CVE-2021-21235 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2021-21235

Infinite loop in parsing PNG files in

Vulnerability Description

kamadak-exif is an exif parsing library written in pure Rust. In kamadak-exif version 0.5.2, there is an infinite loop in parsing crafted PNG files. Specifically, reader::read_from_container can cause an infinite loop when a crafted PNG file is given. This is fixed in version 0.5.3. No workaround is available. Applications that do not pass files with the PNG signature to Reader::read_from_container are not affected.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

References

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

exif-rs
Vulnerable Versions:
= 0.5.2

Timeline

Official Publish: January 6th, 2021
Last Modified: August 3rd, 2024
Added to House: July 21st, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-400

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

T1499 Endpoint Denial of Service
Impact
T1498 Network Denial of Service
Impact