bep/imagemeta allows excessively large EXIF data structures
Priority LOW 30CWE-770Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- Denial of service
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-770.
Summary
bep/imagemeta is a Go library for reading EXIF, IPTC and XMP image meta data from JPEG, TIFF, PNG, and WebP files. The EXIF data format allows for defining excessively large data structures in relatively small payloads. Before v0.10.0, If you didn't trust the input images, this could be abused to construct denial-of-service attacks. v0.10.0 added LimitNumTags (default 5000) and LimitTagSize (default 10000) options.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00184 8th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed imagemeta (bep): 0.10.0github.com/bep/imagemeta (Go): 0.10.0
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| bep | imagemeta | before 0.10.0 | 0.10.0 | Patch available | CNA |
| — | github.com/bep/imagemeta (Go) | before 0.10.0 | 0.10.0 | Patch available | GHSA-q7rw-w4cq-2j6w |
- imagemeta Vendorbep Affected before 0.10.0 Fixed in 0.10.0 Patch available CNA
- github.com/bep/imagemeta (Go) Vendor— Affected before 0.10.0 Fixed in 0.10.0 Patch available GHSA-q7rw-w4cq-2j6w
Remediation
- Fix · CNA imagemeta (bep) Fixed in 0.10.0
- Fix · GHSA-q7rw-w4cq-2j6w github.com/bep/imagemeta (Go) Fixed in 0.10.0 Advisory →
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-32024
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-q7rw-w4cq-2j6w
References
More bep vulnerabilities
- TI-2025-23149 bep/imagemeta allows a potentially large memory allocation in PNG and WebP parsing CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.9
Sources
- CVE-2025-32024 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-32024 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-q7rw-w4cq-2j6w · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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