Is exiv2 affected by CVE-2025-55304?

PyPI exiv2 is affected in <=0.17.3.

Is CVE-2025-55304 being exploited?

Not on the CISA KEV list. EPSS exploit probability is 0.2%.

low

CVE-2025-55304

Q: Is CVE-2025-55304 being exploited?

Not on the CISA KEV list. EPSS exploit probability is 0.2%.

PyPI · exiv2

Summary

Exiv2 has quadratic performance in ICC profile parsing in JpegBase::readMetadata

Severity: low
EPSS: 0.2% (p13)
Also known as: GHSA-m54q-mm9w-fp6g
Published: 2025-08-29

References

https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/security/advisories/GHSA-m54q-mm9w-fp6g
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-55304
https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/issues/3333

Related advisories

CVE-2025-26623 — medium · PyPI/exiv2

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