Vulnerability · Published Feb 24, 2022 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2022-24614
Medium 5.5
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in the libmetadata-extractor-java package (Debian). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.7% (higher than 54% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS NVD)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.7%top 45.6% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official 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 packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | libmetadata-extractor-java | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2022-24614 |
| Debian:13 | libmetadata-extractor-java | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2022-24614 |
| Debian:14 | libmetadata-extractor-java | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2022-24614 |
| Maven | com.drewnoakes:metadata-extractor | 2.18.0 | GHSA-4v6p-cxf9-98rf |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | libmetadata-extractor-java | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-24614 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | libmetadata-extractor-java | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-24614 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | libmetadata-extractor-java | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-24614 |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | libmetadata-extractor-java | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-24614 |
| Ubuntu:26.10 | libmetadata-extractor-java | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-24614 |
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://github.com/drewnoakes/metadata-extractor/issues/561 x_refsource_MISC