CVE-2025-32024: bep/imagemeta allows excessively large EXIF data structures

April 9, 2025 (updated October 31, 2025)

The EXIF data format allows for defining excessively large data structures in relatively small payloads. Before v0.10.0, If you didn’t trust the input images, this could be abused to construct denial-of-service attacks.

References

github.com/advisories/GHSA-q7rw-w4cq-2j6w
github.com/bep/imagemeta
github.com/bep/imagemeta/commit/4fd89616d8bf7f9bb892360d3fb19080ec2b4602
github.com/bep/imagemeta/security/advisories/GHSA-q7rw-w4cq-2j6w
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-32024

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