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CVE-2022-24614 metadata-extractor

Affected softwaremetadata-extractor
Severity5.5 Medium CVSS 3.1 2 scores
Fixed in2.18.0
WeaknessCWE-770
Published24 Feb 2022
Updated17 Jun 2026

Description

When reading a specially crafted JPEG file, metadata-extractor up to 2.16.0 can be made to allocate large amounts of memory that finally leads to an out-of-memory error even for very small inputs. This could be used to mount a denial of service attack against services that use metadata-extractor library.

Exploitation status

No public exploit

No exploit has been reported in the sources we check. Published 4 years ago.

  • CISA KEV not listed
  • VulnCheck KEV not listed
  • CISA Vulnrichment no assessment published
  • Indexed PoC none indexed
  • EPSS 0.73% chance in 30 days

Waratek protection

No exploit published

Within Waratek scope. In the sources we check, nobody has published exploit code for this CVE or reported it being exploited.

A public code fix exists: drewnoakes/metadata-extractor #570.

  • Protection none
  • Action unverified
  • Review automated Upstream data
  • Record active
Decided by Exploit code for this candidate, published in a reviewed catalogue or a GitHub repository with 5 or more stars, or in use per CISA or VulnCheck; not only a CISA verdict, a forecast, or nothing at all
Finding This CVE is not listed in CISA KEV or VulnCheck KEV, CISA Vulnrichment records no active exploitation, no reviewed exploit catalogue carries an entry for it, and no GitHub PoC repository for it has 5 or more stars. Nobody has published exploit code worth tracing, so it is not a candidate for a rule ahead of the ones where somebody has; an upstream fix path does exist, so the remediation half of the candidacy still holds. This is a statement about what has been published, not about whether the defect is reachable or serious.

CVSS

5.5 MEDIUM v3.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H 2 metrics

We show the highest score from the newest CVSS version. Scores from different versions can't be compared, and the first score listed is sometimes a 0.0 placeholder.

VersionScoreBandVectorAssignerType
CVSS 3.1 5.5 MEDIUM CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H NVD Primary published
CVSS 2.0 4.3 none AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P NVD Primary

Affected software and releases

Oracle advisories

AdvisoryTypeQuarterProducts Oracle names in its risk matrix
Oracle Critical Patch Update April 2024 ↗ CPU 2024-Q2 Oracle PeopleSoft / OpenSearch (metadata-extractor) (8.59, 8.60, 8.61)

Oracle components and versions

FamilyComponentVersions, as Oracle lists themRead as
Oracle PeopleSoft OpenSearch (metadata-extractor) 8.59, 8.60, 8.61 8.59 · 8.60 · 8.61

Maven packages

Affected and fixed versions, from OSV.dev
PackageIntroducedFixedLast affected
com.drewnoakes:metadata-extractor 0 2.18.0 unbounded

Products and versions

2 products, 2 version entries
SourceVendorProductSchemeAffected versions
osv com.drewnoakes metadata-extractor generic < 2.18.0
nvd metadata-extractor project metadata-extractor generic < 2.18.0

References

URLTags
https://github.com/drewnoakes/metadata-extractor/issues/561 WEB
https://github.com/drewnoakes/metadata-extractor/pull/570 WEB
https://github.com/drewnoakes/metadata-extractor/commit/85ec243df54133a87f9d928d2278595f52b07519 WEB
https://github.com/drewnoakes/metadata-extractor PACKAGE
https://github.com/drewnoakes/metadata-extractor/releases/tag/2.18.0 WEB

Timeline

Published2022-02-24By the CVE Program.
NVD record modified2026-06-17NVD's own last-modified date for this record.