SUSE alert openSUSE-SU-2026:20410-1 (exiv2)

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openSUSE-SU-2026:20410-1: important: Security update for exiv2
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openSUSE security update: security update for exiv2
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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2026:20410-1
Rating: important
References:

  * bsc#1219870
  * bsc#1219871
  * bsc#1227528
  * bsc#1237347
  * bsc#1248962
  * bsc#1248963
  * bsc#1259083
  * bsc#1259084
  * bsc#1259085



Cross-References:

  * 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-2024-25112 ( SUSE ): 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  * CVE-2024-39695 ( SUSE ): 4.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L
  * CVE-2025-26623 ( SUSE ): 7 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  * CVE-2025-26623 ( SUSE ): 7.1 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
  * CVE-2025-54080 ( SUSE ): 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  * CVE-2025-54080 ( SUSE ): 5.7 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
  * CVE-2025-55304 ( SUSE ): 3.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
  * CVE-2025-55304 ( SUSE ): 2 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
  * CVE-2026-25884 ( SUSE ): 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H
  * CVE-2026-25884 ( SUSE ): 8.3 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
  * CVE-2026-27596 ( SUSE ): 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  * CVE-2026-27596 ( SUSE ): 6.8 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
  * CVE-2026-27631 ( SUSE ): 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  * CVE-2026-27631 ( SUSE ): 6.8 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Affected Products:

         openSUSE Leap 16.0

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An update that solves 9 vulnerabilities and has 9 bug fixes can now be installed.

Description:

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).
- CVE-2026-25884: out-of-bounds read in `CrwMap: decode0x0805` (bsc#1259083).
- CVE-2026-27596: integer overflow in `LoaderNative: getData()` leads to out-of-bounds read
(bsc#1259084).
- CVE-2026-27631: crash due to uncaught exception when trying to create `std: vector` larger than
`max_size()`
  (bsc#1259085).


Patch instructions:

   To install this openSUSE security update use the suse recommended installation methods
   like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
   Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

- openSUSE Leap 16.0

   zypper in -t patch openSUSE-Leap-16.0-424=1

Package List:

- openSUSE Leap 16.0:

  exiv2-0.28.8-160000.1.1
  exiv2-lang-0.28.8-160000.1.1
  libexiv2-28-0.28.8-160000.1.1
  libexiv2-28-x86-64-v3-0.28.8-160000.1.1
  libexiv2-devel-0.28.8-160000.1.1

References:

  * https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-24826.html
  * https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-25112.html
  * https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-39695.html
  * https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-26623.html
  * https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-54080.html
  * https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-55304.html
  * https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-25884.html
  * https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-27596.html
  * https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-27631.html