Headline
GHSA-px9g-8hgv-jvg2: kamadak-exif vulnerable to Infinite loop when parsing PNG files
Impact
Reader::read_from_container can cause an infinite loop when a crafted PNG file is given.
Patches
Version 0.5.3 includes the fix.
Workarounds
No workaround is available. Applications that do not pass files with the PNG signature to Reader::read_from_container are not affected.
References
- https://github.com/kamadak/exif-rs/security/advisories/GHSA-px9g-8hgv-jvg2
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-21235
For more information
If you have any questions or comments about this advisory:
- Open an issue in github.com/kamadak/exif-rs
kamadak-exif vulnerable to Infinite loop when parsing PNG files
Moderate severity GitHub Reviewed Published Oct 6, 2022 in kamadak/exif-rs
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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.