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CVE record · CVE-2021-22204

Code injection in ExifTool

CVSS 6.8 MediumCriticalIn CISA KEVEPSS 1.00 · 99th percentile

Critical, because:

  • In CISA’s KEV catalogue since 17 Nov 2021: it is known to be exploited.

How we decide what’s critical

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: GitLab) at 23 Apr 2021, 17:22 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it.

Affected products, as the CNA wrote them
VendorProductVersions
ExifTool ExifTool
  • affected >=7.44, <12.24
Identifiers
CVE-2021-22204
CNA
GitLab
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-94
Tags
Published
23 Apr 2021
Updated
21 Oct 2025

Not analysed yet

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Severity and exploitation

ScoreRatingCVSSVectorSource
6.8 Medium 3.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L CNA (GitLab)
  • CISA KEV Listed since 17 Nov 2021: known to be exploited.
  • EPSS 1.00, the 99th percentile, on 14 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

This record came from the full history of the CVE Program, published 23 Apr 2021. New records show when each source confirmed them.

Sources

References from the CNA

Facts on this page come from the CVE List as the CNA published them, with CVSS from the sources named above, CISA KEV and FIRST EPSS. Vendors, products and versions are shown as the CNA wrote them. We don’t reproduce the CVE’s description.