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Medium ALSA-2025:7457 1 CVE

Moderate: exiv2 security update

Published May 13, 2025 · Updated Oct 29, 2026

Summary

Exiv2 is a C++ library to access image metadata, supporting read and write access to the Exif, IPTC and XMP metadata, Exif MakerNote support, extract and delete methods for Exif thumbnails, classes to access Ifd, and support for various image formats.

Security Fix(es):

* exiv2: Use After Free in Exiv2 (CVE-2025-26623)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Fixed packages 4

ReleasePackageFixed in
AlmaLinux · 10 exiv2 0.28.3-3.el10_0.2
AlmaLinux · 10 exiv2-devel 0.28.3-3.el10_0.2
AlmaLinux · 10 exiv2-doc 0.28.3-3.el10_0.2
AlmaLinux · 10 exiv2-libs 0.28.3-3.el10_0.2

Vulnerabilities 1

  • Medium 5.3

    Use After Free in Exiv2

    Exiv2 is a C++ library and a command-line utility to read, write, delete and modify Exif, IPTC, XMP and ICC image metadata. A heap buffer overflow was found in Exiv2 versions v0.28.0 to v0.28.4. Versions prior to v0.28.0, such as v0.27.7, are **not** affected…

References

  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-26623
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2346345
  • advisory
    https://errata.almalinux.org/10/ALSA-2025-7457.html