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CVE-2022-24613

Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions

Published: Feb 24, 2022 | Modified: Sep 05, 2025
CVSS 3.x
5.5
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.x
4.3 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
5.5 LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Ubuntu
LOW
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-24613
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/755.html

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.

Weakness

The product does not handle or incorrectly handles an exceptional condition.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
Metadata-extractorMetadata-extractor_project*2.18.0 (excluding)
Libmetadata-extractor-javaUbuntubionic*
Libmetadata-extractor-javaUbuntufocal*
Libmetadata-extractor-javaUbuntuimpish*
Libmetadata-extractor-javaUbuntukinetic*
Libmetadata-extractor-javaUbuntulunar*
Libmetadata-extractor-javaUbuntumantic*
Libmetadata-extractor-javaUbuntuoracular*
Libmetadata-extractor-javaUbuntuplucky*
Libmetadata-extractor-javaUbuntutrusty*
Libmetadata-extractor-javaUbuntuxenial*

References

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