Is kamadak-exif affected by CVE-2021-21235?

crates.io kamadak-exif is affected in >=0.5.2 <0.5.3.

Is CVE-2021-21235 being exploited?

Not on the CISA KEV list. EPSS exploit probability is 1.5%.

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CVE-2021-21235

Q: Is CVE-2021-21235 being exploited?

Not on the CISA KEV list. EPSS exploit probability is 1.5%.

crates.io · kamadak-exif

Summary

kamadak-exif vulnerable to Infinite loop when parsing PNG files

Severity: medium
EPSS: 1.5% (p71)
Also known as: GHSA-px9g-8hgv-jvg2, RUSTSEC-2021-0143
Published: 2022-10-06

References

https://github.com/kamadak/exif-rs/security/advisories/GHSA-px9g-8hgv-jvg2
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-21235
https://github.com/kamadak/exif-rs/commit/1b05eab57e484cd7d576d4357b9cda7fdc57df8c

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Sources: CISA KEV (public domain), OSV.dev & GitHub Advisory Database (CC-BY-4.0), FIRST EPSS, NVD/CWE (public domain). Served live from the Stateward advisory database.