USN-4987-1

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4987-1
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-4987-1.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/USN-4987-1
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Published
2021-06-10T20:27:47.121282Z
Modified
2025-10-13T04:35:31Z
Summary
libimage-exiftool-perl vulnerability
Details

It was discovered that ExifTool did not properly sanitize user data for the DjVu file format. An attacker could use this vulnerability to cause a DoS or possibly execute arbitrary code.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS / libimage-exiftool-perl

Package

Name
libimage-exiftool-perl
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libimage-exiftool-perl@10.80-1ubuntu0.1?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
10.80-1ubuntu0.1

Affected versions

10.*

10.60-1
10.64-1
10.65-1
10.67-1
10.75-1
10.79-1
10.80-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libimage-exiftool-perl",
            "binary_version": "10.80-1ubuntu0.1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

cves_map

{
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:18.04:LTS",
    "cves": [
        {
            "id": "CVE-2021-22204",
            "severity": [
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
                },
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L"
                },
                {
                    "type": "Ubuntu",
                    "score": "high"
                }
            ]
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS / libimage-exiftool-perl

Package

Name
libimage-exiftool-perl
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libimage-exiftool-perl@11.88-1ubuntu0.1?arch=source&distro=focal

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
11.88-1ubuntu0.1

Affected versions

11.*

11.65-1
11.70-1
11.74-1
11.75-1
11.76-1
11.77-1
11.78-1
11.79-1
11.80-1
11.87-1
11.88-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libimage-exiftool-perl",
            "binary_version": "11.88-1ubuntu0.1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

cves_map

{
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:20.04:LTS",
    "cves": [
        {
            "id": "CVE-2021-22204",
            "severity": [
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
                },
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L"
                },
                {
                    "type": "Ubuntu",
                    "score": "high"
                }
            ]
        }
    ]
}