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SUSE alert SUSE-SU-2026:20923-1 (exiv2)



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Subject:
              SUSE-SU-2026:20923-1: important: Security update for exiv2


Date:
              Wed, 01 Apr 2026 12:38:19 -0000


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              <177504709909.568.8023156975349528928@634a8d224e68>




# Security update for exiv2

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:20923-1  
Release Date: 2026-03-23T09:44:37Z  
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-2024-24826 ( 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
  * 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-2024-39695 ( NVD ):  6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L
  * 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-2025-26623 ( SUSE ):  7.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  * CVE-2025-26623 ( NVD ):  5.3

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
  * 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-2025-54080 ( 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 ( NVD ):  1.8

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
  * CVE-2025-55304 ( SUSE ):  2.0
    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-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 ( NVD ):  1.8

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
  * 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-2026-25884 ( 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 ( NVD ):  2.7

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
  * CVE-2026-25884 ( NVD ):  8.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/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-2026-27596 ( 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 ( NVD ):  2.7

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
  * CVE-2026-27596 ( NVD ):  7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/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
  * 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 ( NVD ):  2.7

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
  * CVE-2026-27631 ( NVD ):  5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

  
Affected Products:

  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server - BCI 16.0

  
  
An update that solves nine vulnerabilities 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 SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like
YaST online_update or "zypper patch".  
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server - BCI 16.0  
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLES-16.0-424=1

## Package List:

  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server - BCI 16.0 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    * exiv2-debugsource-0.28.8-160000.1.1
    * libexiv2-28-0.28.8-160000.1.1
    * libexiv2-28-debuginfo-0.28.8-160000.1.1
    * exiv2-debuginfo-0.28.8-160000.1.1
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server - BCI 16.0 (x86_64)
    * libexiv2-28-x86-64-v3-0.28.8-160000.1.1
    * libexiv2-28-x86-64-v3-debuginfo-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
  * https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1219870
  * https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1219871
  * https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1227528
  * https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1237347
  * https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1248962
  * https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1248963
  * https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1259083
  * https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1259084
  * https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1259085





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