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High · 7.5 CVE-2026-8813 EUVD-2026-30838GHSA-h64w-w9pr-82m4

ExifReader is vulnerable to denial of service via crafted ICC `mluc` tag

Published May 19, 2026 · Updated Aug 14, 2026 · Assigned by snyk

Description

This affects versions of the package exifreader before 4.39.0. A crafted image containing an ICC mluc tag can set an attacker-controlled record count together with a zero record size. During parsing, ExifReader repeatedly processes the same record and appends entries to an array without sufficient bounds validation, causing excessive memory growth. In applications that parse attacker-supplied images, this may lead to denial of service through memory exhaustion.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
— exifreader < 4.39.0 4.39.0

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
npm exifreader >= 2.10.0, < 4.39.0 4.39.0 GHSA-h64w-w9pr-82m4

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