CVE-2022-24614

Published: Feb 24, 2022Modified: Jun 17, 2026

5.5

Vector

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

Exploitability: 1.8 / Impact: 3.6

Source: NVD

Description

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.

Affected (1)

Products: Metadata Extractor Project: Metadata Extractor

Metadata Extractor Project

1 product

Metadata Extractor

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Metadata Extractor Project Metadata Extractor	Before 2.18.0

Related CWEs

Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

The product allocates a reusable resource or group of resources on behalf of an actor without imposing any restrictions on the size or number of resources that can be allocated, in violation of the intended security policy for that actor.

References (2)

https://github.com/drewnoakes/metadata-extractor/issues/561

Source: cve@mitre.org

ExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory

https://github.com/drewnoakes/metadata-extractor/issues/561

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

ExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory

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