CVE-2022-24613: Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions

February 25, 2022 (updated March 8, 2022)

metadata-extractor up to 2.16.0 can throw various uncaught exceptions while parsing a specially crafted JPEG file, which could result in an application crash. This could be used to mount a denial of service attack against services that use metadata-extractor library.

References

github.com/advisories/GHSA-p5pg-wm9q-8v6r
github.com/drewnoakes/metadata-extractor/issues/561
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-24613

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