CVE-2026-27631: EXIV2

Medium severity, CVSS 5.3. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Exiv2 is a C++ library and a command-line utility to read, write, delete and modify Exif, IPTC, XMP and ICC image metadata. Prior to version 0.28.8, an uncaught exception was found in Exiv2. The vulnerability is in the preview component, which is only triggered when running Exiv2 with an extra command line argument, like -pp. Due to an integer overflow, the code attempts to create a huge std::vector, which causes Exiv2 to crash with an uncaught exception. This issue has been patched in version 0.28.8.

Affected products

• EXIV2 EXIV2: up to and including 0.28.8

Published 2026-03-02. Last modified 2026-06-17.