Vulnerability · Published Jan 25, 2022 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2022-23935
High 7.8
In plain English
A high-severity security flaw in the perl-image-exiftool package (Alpine). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 7.6% (higher than 95% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: public proof-of-concept code. Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS NVD)7.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)7.6%top 5.4% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack tooling1Public PoC
Official description
lib/Image/ExifTool.pm in ExifTool before 12.38 mishandles a $file =~ /\|$/ check, leading to command injection.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine:v3.20 | perl-image-exiftool | 12.40-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2022-23935 |
| Alpine:v3.21 | perl-image-exiftool | 12.40-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2022-23935 |
| Alpine:v3.22 | perl-image-exiftool | 12.40-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2022-23935 |
| Alpine:v3.23 | perl-image-exiftool | 12.40-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2022-23935 |
| Alpine:v3.24 | perl-image-exiftool | 12.40-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2022-23935 |
| Debian:12 | libimage-exiftool-perl | 12.38+dfsg-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2022-23935 |
| Debian:13 | libimage-exiftool-perl | 12.38+dfsg-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2022-23935 |
| Debian:14 | libimage-exiftool-perl | 12.38+dfsg-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2022-23935 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | libimage-exiftool-perl | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-23935 |