# exifreader (npm) vulnerabilities

4 known vulnerabilities (2 high, 2 medium), with the versions each affects and the releases that fix them.

## At a glance

- Latest release: 4.54.0 (Nov 3, 2026): no advisory affects it
- Newest unaffected release: 4.54.0 (Nov 3, 2026), the latest release
- Weekly downloads: 418.2K
- Dependents: 117
- Releases: 148 since 2.0.0 (Dec 28, 2016)
- Registry: https://www.npmjs.com/package/exifreader
- Releases read: Nov 8, 2026

## Version timeline

Affected versions per advisory, in version order:

- CVE-2026-85715: 2.0.0 to 4.41.0 (4.41.1 is outside it)
- CVE-2026-53496: 2.0.0 to 4.40.0 (4.40.1 is outside it)
- CVE-2026-8814: 4.20.0 to 4.38.1 (4.39.0 is outside it)
- CVE-2026-8813: 2.10.0 to 4.38.1 (4.39.0 is outside it)

## Advisories (4)

### [CVE-2026-85715](https://cve.now/CVE-2026-85715): ExifReader: DoS via Crafted HEIC/AVIF iloc Box - Memory Exhaustion

- Severity: High 7.5
- Published: Sep 17, 2026
- Affected: fixed in 4.41.1.
- Fixed in 4.41.1 (released Jul 18, 2026, 61 days before disclosure).
- The latest release, 4.54.0, is not affected.
- 40% of exifreader downloads last week were affected versions (201.9K).

### [CVE-2026-53496](https://cve.now/CVE-2026-53496): ExifReader HEIC/AVIF ISO-BMFF parser throws uncaught RangeError on truncated boxes

- Severity: Medium 5.3
- Published: Sep 14, 2026
- Affected: fixed in 4.40.1.
- Fixed in 4.40.1 (released May 30, 2026, 107 days before disclosure).
- The latest release, 4.54.0, is not affected.
- 36% of exifreader downloads last week were affected versions (183.5K).

### [CVE-2026-8814](https://cve.now/CVE-2026-8814): Versions of the package exifreader before 4.39.0 are vulnerable to Improper Handling of Highly Compressed Data (Data Amplification) due to…

- Severity: Medium 6.9
- Published: May 19, 2026
- Affected: from 4.20.0, fixed in 4.39.0.
- Fixed in 4.39.0 (released May 15, 2026, 4 days before disclosure).
- The latest release, 4.54.0, is not affected.
- 30% of exifreader downloads last week were affected versions (153.2K).

### [CVE-2026-8813](https://cve.now/CVE-2026-8813): This affects versions of the package exifreader before 4.39.0.

- Severity: High 8.7
- Published: May 19, 2026
- Affected: from 2.10.0, fixed in 4.39.0.
- Fixed in 4.39.0 (released May 15, 2026, 4 days before disclosure).
- The latest release, 4.54.0, is not affected.
- 34% of exifreader downloads last week were affected versions (170K).

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