CVE-2026-8814
🔶 mediumSummary
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 Comment value in memory.
CVSS Score
5.3
Medium
EPSS Score
0.1
Exploit Probability
Published Date
2026-05-19
First Seen: 2026-05-20
📊 Relative Risk Intelligence
This CVE is Lower Risk - more severe than 19.8% of all 326,604 vulnerabilities in our database.
#262,086
Below average severity
Severity Percentile
🎯 CISA SSVC Assessment Updated: May 19, 2026
🔍 Exploitation Status
Poc
Proof-of-concept available
⚙️ Automatable
YES
Can be exploited automatically
💥 Technical Impact
Partial
Limited system impact
🏆 Discovered By
Yuki Matsuhashi
SSVC data provided by
CISA
Last Modified
2026-05-19
Source
NVD 🔗
CVSS Vector 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CVSS Vector 4.0
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
CWE IDs (Weakness Types)