CVE-2021-37622

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An infinite loop was found in Exiv2 versions v0.27.4 and earlier. The infinite loop is triggered when Exiv2 is used to modify the metadata of a crafted image file. An attacker could potentially exploit the vulnerability to cause a denial of service, if they can trick the victim into running Exiv2 on a crafted image file. Note that this bug is only triggered when deleting the IPTC data, which is a less frequently used Exiv2 operation that requires an extra command line option (`-d I rm`). The bug is fixed in version v0.27.5."}, {"lang": "es", "value": "Exiv2 es una utilidad de l\u00ednea de comandos y una biblioteca C++ para leer, escribir, borrar y modificar los metadatos de los archivos de imagen. Se encontr\u00f3 un bucle infinito En versiones v0.27.4 y anteriores a Exiv2. El bucle infinito es desencadenado cuando Exiv2 es usado para modificar los metadatos de un archivo de imagen dise\u00f1ado. Un atacante podr\u00eda explotar potencialmente la vulnerabilidad para causar una denegaci\u00f3n de servicio, si puede enga\u00f1ar a la v\u00edctima para que ejecute Exiv2 en un archivo de imagen dise\u00f1ado. Tenga en cuenta que este bug s\u00f3lo es desencadenado cuando se borran los datos IPTC, que es una operaci\u00f3n de Exiv2 que es usada con menos frecuencia y que requiere una opci\u00f3n adicional en la l\u00ednea de comandos (\"-d I rm\"). 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