Is CVE-2022-24614 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2022-24614 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2022-24614?

CVE-2022-24614 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.5 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2022-24614?

CVE-2022-24614 has an EPSS score of 0.72% (49th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2022-24614?

Upgrade metadata-extractor to 2.18.0 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2022-24614

MEDIUM

5.5

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

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.

CWE-770Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

How to fix

Remediation Available

metadata-extractorNVD

Affected:< 2.18.0Fixed in:2.18.0CVE-2022-24614derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionRequired

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

0.72%probability of exploitation in 30 days

49thpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 49% of all known CVEs.

References

Exploit1

github.com

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-770 (Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2023-50387	High	7.5	100%	-	Fix
CVE-2019-11478	Medium	5.3	95%	-	Fix
CVE-2019-11479	High	7.5	92%	-	Fix
CVE-2024-27316	High	7.5	91%	-	Fix
CVE-2022-30522	High	7.5	90%	-	Fix
CVE-2019-9515	High	7.5	88%	-	Fix

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2025-09-12.