This affects versions of the package exifreader before 4.39.0. A crafted image containing an ICC mluc tag can set an attacker-controlled record count together with a zero record size. During parsing, ExifReader repeatedly processes the same record and appends entries to an array without sufficient bounds validation, causing excessive memory growth. In applications that parse attacker-supplied images, this may lead to denial of service through memory exhaustion.
History

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First Time appeared Mattiasw
Mattiasw exifreader
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Description This affects versions of the package exifreader before 4.39.0. A crafted image containing an ICC mluc tag can set an attacker-controlled record count together with a zero record size. During parsing, ExifReader repeatedly processes the same record and appends entries to an array without sufficient bounds validation, causing excessive memory growth. In applications that parse attacker-supplied images, this may lead to denial of service through memory exhaustion.
Weaknesses CWE-1284
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:P'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 8.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: snyk

Published:

Updated: 2026-05-19T05:00:04.103Z

Reserved: 2026-05-18T08:43:25.130Z

Link: CVE-2026-8813

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-05-19T07:16:30.193

Modified: 2026-05-19T07:16:30.193

Link: CVE-2026-8813

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-05-19T08:18:29Z