SUMMARY
Gwenview (default KDE image viewer) crashes after kioslave5 stops and is no longer usable. This is the first time I have experienced this crash since I installed Kubuntu Linux years ago.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
Open any image double-clicking on it.

OBSERVED RESULT
The default image viewer crashes. Severe issue.

EXPECTED RESULT
It should work and open the image.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Linux/KDE Plasma: Kubuntu 24.04.4 LTS, kernel version 6.8.0-106-generic (64-bit)
KDE Plasma Version: 5.27.12
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.115.0
Qt Version: 5.15.13

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Application: kioslave5 (kioslave5), signal: Segmentation fault

[KCrash Handler]
#4  0x0000000000000000 in ?? ()
#5  0x00007cb153f2e5c1 in KExiv2Iface::KExiv2::load(QString const&) const () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libKF5KExiv2.so.15.0.0
#6  0x00007cb153f2edc9 in KExiv2Iface::KExiv2::KExiv2(QString const&) () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libKF5KExiv2.so.15.0.0
#7  0x00007cb15805e118 in ?? () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/qt5/plugins/kf5/thumbcreator/jpegthumbnail.so
#8  0x00007cb16e43f70b in ?? () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/qt5/plugins/kf5/kio/thumbnail.so
#9  0x00007cb16e44339d in ?? () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/qt5/plugins/kf5/kio/thumbnail.so
#10 0x00007cb16e4444b4 in ?? () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/qt5/plugins/kf5/kio/thumbnail.so
#11 0x00007cb16e445ab9 in ?? () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/qt5/plugins/kf5/kio/thumbnail.so
#12 0x00007cb16e3290bf in ?? () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libKF5KIOCore.so.5
#13 0x00007cb16e32076d in KIO::SlaveBase::dispatch(int, QByteArray const&) () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libKF5KIOCore.so.5
#14 0x00007cb16e3210c6 in KIO::SlaveBase::dispatchLoop() () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libKF5KIOCore.so.5
#15 0x00007cb16e44121b in kdemain () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/qt5/plugins/kf5/kio/thumbnail.so
#16 0x00005eca5642050c in ?? ()
#17 0x00007cb16d42a1ca in __libc_start_call_main (main=main@entry=0x5eca56420320, argc=argc@entry=5, argv=argv@entry=0x7fffd8f40208) at ../sysdeps/nptl/libc_start_call_main.h:58
#18 0x00007cb16d42a28b in __libc_start_main_impl (main=0x5eca56420320, argc=5, argv=0x7fffd8f40208, init=<optimized out>, fini=<optimized out>, rtld_fini=<optimized out>, stack_end=0x7fffd8f401f8) at ../csu/libc-start.c:360
#19 0x00005eca56420785 in ?? ()
[Inferior 1 (process 5820) detached]