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CVE-2026-7580 Detail

Description

A vulnerability was detected in Exiftool up to 13.53. Impacted is the function Process_mrld of the file lib/Image/ExifTool/GM.pm of the component JPEG/QuickTime/MOV/MP4. The manipulation of the argument -ee results in code injection. Attacking locally is a requirement. Upgrading to version 13.54 is recommended to address this issue. The patch is identified as 5a8b6b6ead12b39e3f32f978a4efd0233facbb01. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component. The fix in the source code mentions: "[J]ust to be safe, probably never happen".


Metrics

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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST CVSS score
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CNA:  VulDB
CVSS-BT 1.9 LOW
Vector:  CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
https://github.com/exiftool/exiftool/ VulDB
https://github.com/exiftool/exiftool/commit/5a8b6b6ead12b39e3f32f978a4efd0233facbb01 VulDB
https://github.com/exiftool/exiftool/commit/5a8b6b6ead12b39e3f32f978a4efd0233facbb01#diff-5a95c56c6f98f0aa538233fd81bb9967154f3e9ebd4126a98dfb126c4c5629a4 VulDB
https://github.com/exiftool/exiftool/releases/tag/13.54 VulDB
https://vuldb.com/submit/800049 VulDB
https://vuldb.com/vuln/360421 VulDB
https://vuldb.com/vuln/360421/cti VulDB
https://youtu.be/WktMPapQxlM VulDB

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-74 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection') VulDB  
CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection') VulDB  

Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2026-7580
NVD Published Date:
05/01/2026
NVD Last Modified:
05/01/2026
Source:
VulDB