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

[nixpkgs-security-tracker]

• CVE-2026-7580
• Nixpkgs security tracker issue
• affected package maintainers: cc @anthonyroussel, @kiloreux

Description

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".

References

• VDB-360421 | Exiftool JPEG/QuickTime/MOV/MP4 GM.pm Process_mrld code injection (vdb-entry, technical-description)
• exiftool/exiftool@5a8b6b6#diff-5a95c56c6f98f0aa538233fd81bb9967154f3e9ebd4126a98dfb126c4c5629a4 (patch)
• exiftool/exiftool@5a8b6b6 (patch)
• https://github.com/exiftool/exiftool/releases/tag/13.54 (patch)

5.3 MEDIUM | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

• CVSS version: 3.1
• Attack Vector (AV): Local (L)
• Attack Complexity (AC): Low (L)
• Privileges Required (PR): Low (L)
• User Interaction (UI): None (N)
• Scope (S): Unchanged (U)
• Confidentiality (C): Low (L)
• Integrity (I): Low (L)
• Availability (A): Low (L)
• Exploit Code Maturity (E): Proof-of-Concept (P)
• Remediation Level (RL): Official Fix (O)
• Report Confidence (RC): Confirmed (C)

Affected packages

• exiftool (13.52@nixos-25.11, 13.52@nixos-unstable)