When reading a specially crafted JPEG file, metadata-extractor up to 2.16.0 can be made to allocate large amounts of memory that finally leads to an out-of-memory error even for very small inputs. This could be used to mount a denial of service attack against services that use metadata-extractor library.
| Package (Ecosystem) | Introduced | Fixed | Limit |
|---|---|---|---|
| com.drewnoakes:metadata-extractor(Maven) | 0 | 2.18.0 | N/A |
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