CVE-2026-7580 PUBLISHED

Exiftool JPEG/QuickTime/MOV/MP4 GM.pm Process_mrld code injection

Assigner: VulDB
Reserved: 01.05.2026 Published: 01.05.2026 Updated: 01.05.2026

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

CVSS 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
CVSS Score: 4.8

Product Status

Vendor n/a
Product Exiftool
Versions
  • Version 13.0 is affected
  • Version 13.1 is affected
  • Version 13.2 is affected
  • Version 13.3 is affected
  • Version 13.4 is affected
  • Version 13.5 is affected
  • Version 13.6 is affected
  • Version 13.7 is affected
  • Version 13.8 is affected
  • Version 13.9 is affected
  • Version 13.10 is affected
  • Version 13.11 is affected
  • Version 13.12 is affected
  • Version 13.13 is affected
  • Version 13.14 is affected
  • Version 13.15 is affected
  • Version 13.16 is affected
  • Version 13.17 is affected
  • Version 13.18 is affected
  • Version 13.19 is affected
  • Version 13.20 is affected
  • Version 13.21 is affected
  • Version 13.22 is affected
  • Version 13.23 is affected
  • Version 13.24 is affected
  • Version 13.25 is affected
  • Version 13.26 is affected
  • Version 13.27 is affected
  • Version 13.28 is affected
  • Version 13.29 is affected
  • Version 13.30 is affected
  • Version 13.31 is affected
  • Version 13.32 is affected
  • Version 13.33 is affected
  • Version 13.34 is affected
  • Version 13.35 is affected
  • Version 13.36 is affected
  • Version 13.37 is affected
  • Version 13.38 is affected
  • Version 13.39 is affected
  • Version 13.40 is affected
  • Version 13.41 is affected
  • Version 13.42 is affected
  • Version 13.43 is affected
  • Version 13.44 is affected
  • Version 13.45 is affected
  • Version 13.46 is affected
  • Version 13.47 is affected
  • Version 13.48 is affected
  • Version 13.49 is affected
  • Version 13.50 is affected
  • Version 13.51 is affected
  • Version 13.52 is affected
  • Version 13.53 is affected
  • Version 13.54 is unaffected

Credits

  • ilyass-armadin (VulDB User) reporter
  • VulDB CNA Team coordinator

References

Problem Types

  • Code Injection CWE
  • Injection CWE