Versions of the package exifreader before 4.39.0 are vulnerable to Improper Handling of Highly Compressed Data (Data Amplification) due to decompressing PNG zTXt metadata without enforcing a built-in maximum decompressed output size. When asynchronous parsing is enabled, a crafted PNG file containing a highly compressed zTXt chunk can cause ExifReader to materialize a disproportionately large Comment value in memory.
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Tue, 19 May 2026 08:45:00 +0000
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Mattiasw
Mattiasw exifreader |
Tue, 19 May 2026 06:30:00 +0000
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| Description | Versions of the package exifreader before 4.39.0 are vulnerable to Improper Handling of Highly Compressed Data (Data Amplification) due to decompressing PNG zTXt metadata without enforcing a built-in maximum decompressed output size. When asynchronous parsing is enabled, a crafted PNG file containing a highly compressed zTXt chunk can cause ExifReader to materialize a disproportionately large Comment value in memory. | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-409 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: snyk
Published:
Updated: 2026-05-19T05:00:09.223Z
Reserved: 2026-05-18T08:43:29.632Z
Link: CVE-2026-8814
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-05-19T07:16:30.357
Modified: 2026-05-19T07:16:30.357
Link: CVE-2026-8814
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OpenCVE Enrichment
Updated: 2026-05-19T08:18:28Z
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