Metadata-Extractor Project: >> Metadata-Extractor >> 1.0.0 Security Vulnerabilities
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.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2022-02-24
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.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2022-02-24