Versions of the package exifreader before 4.39.0 are vulnerable to Improper Handling of Highly Compressed Data (Data Amplification) due to decompressing PNG zTXt metad…

Code

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• Repository · github.com

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

1. May 19, 2026 · NIST NVD

   Detected

   Versions of the package exifreader before 4.39.0 are vulnerable to Improper Handling of Highly Compressed Data (Data Amplification) due to decompressing PNG zTXt metadata without enforcing a built-in maximum decompressed output size. When asynchronous parsing is enabled, a crafted PNG file containing a highly compressed zTXt chunk can cause ExifReader to materialize a disproportionately large Comm

2. Jul 23, 2026 · NIST NVD

   Updated

   Versions of the package exifreader before 4.39.0 are vulnerable to Improper Handling of Highly Compressed Data (Data Amplification) due to decompressing PNG zTXt metadata without enforcing a built-in maximum decompressed output size. When asynchronous parsing is enabled, a crafted PNG file containing a highly compressed zTXt chunk can cause ExifReader to materialize a disproportionately large Comm

Sources

• CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2026-8814

  Official CVE identifier

  cve.org
• NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2026-8814

  Versions of the package exifreader before 4.39.0 are vulnerable to Improper Handling of Highly Compressed Data (Data Amplification) due to decompressing PNG zTXt metadata without enforcing a built-in maximum decompressed output size. When asynchronous parsing is enabled, a crafte

  nvd.nist.gov

References

• Reference · gist.github.com
• Reference · github.com
• Reference · security.snyk.io