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SUSE exiv2 Important Buffer Overflow Denial of Service Vuln 2026-20923-1

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Calendar Grey April 1, 2026
Dist Suse Esm H88
SUSE exiv2 important update addresses nine vulnerabilities with critical fixes to ensure system security.
An update that solves nine vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Summary

## This update for exiv2 fixes the following issues: Update to exiv2 0.28.8: * CVE-2024-24826: out-of-bounds read in QuickTimeVideo: NikonTagsDecoder (bsc#1219870). * CVE-2024-25112: denial of service due to unbounded recursion in QuickTimeVideo: multipleEntriesDecoder (bsc#1219871). * CVE-2024-39695: out-of-bounds read in AsfVideo: streamProperties (bsc#1227528). * CVE-2025-26623: heap buffer overflow via writing metadata into a crafted image file (bsc#1237347). * CVE-2025-54080: out-of-bounds read in `Exiv2: EpsImage: writeMetadata()` when writing metadata into a crafted image file (bsc#1248962). * CVE-2025-55304: quadratic performance algorithm in the ICC profile parsing code of `JpegBase: readMetadata` (bsc#1248963).

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service SuSE important out-of-bounds exiv2

References

* bsc#1219870

* bsc#1219871

* bsc#1227528

* bsc#1237347

* bsc#1248962

* bsc#1248963

* bsc#1259083

* bsc#1259084

* bsc#1259085

Cross-

* CVE-2024-24826

* CVE-2024-25112

* CVE-2024-39695

* CVE-2025-26623

* CVE-2025-54080

* CVE-2025-55304

* CVE-2026-25884

* CVE-2026-27596

* CVE-2026-27631

CVSS scores:

* CVE-2024-24826 ( SUSE ): 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

* CVE-2024-24826 ( NVD ): 5.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

* CVE-2024-24826 ( NVD ): 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

* CVE-2024-25112 ( SUSE ): 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

* CVE-2024-25112 ( NVD ): 5.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

* CVE-2024-25112 ( NVD ): 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:20923-1
Release Date: 2026-03-23T09:44:37Z
Rating: important

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service SuSE important out-of-bounds exiv2

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