CVE-2025-55304: PYSEC-2026-1355 - Exiv2 has quadratic performance in ICC profile parsing in JpegBase::readMetadata

CVE-2025-55304 · Severity: medium · CVSS 4 · Published 2026-07-07

Exiv2 has quadratic performance in ICC profile parsing in JpegBase::readMetadata

Technologies: exiv2 (PyPI). Vendors: PyPI.

Quick answers

Is CVE-2025-55304 exploited in the wild?
No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2025-55304 being exploited in the wild.
How severe is CVE-2025-55304?
Medium severity, with a CVSS score of 4, published 7 July 2026.
Which products and versions are affected?
exiv2 (PyPI) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,last_affected=0.17.3.
Is there a fix for CVE-2025-55304?
No fixed version is recorded yet. Check the vendor's advisory in the references below. If you run it, Junglewise drafts a mitigation that fits your setup and applies it once you approve, with senior security engineers behind it.
Am I affected by CVE-2025-55304?
Check whether you run exiv2 (PyPI) at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

Affected products

  • exiv2 (PyPI) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,last_affected=0.17.3

Identifiers

  • CVE-2025-55304
  • GHSA-m54q-mm9w-fp6g
  • PYSEC-2026-1355

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