Integer Overflow or Wraparound Affecting libexif package, versions <0.6.21-2+deb8u2


0.0
high

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
    User Interaction Required
    Confidentiality High
    Availability High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.27% (68th percentile)
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NVD
8.1 high
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Red Hat
6.1 medium
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SUSE
5.3 medium

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN8-LIBEXIF-325942
  • published 27 Jun 2018
  • disclosed 31 Oct 2018

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:8 libexif to version 0.6.21-2+deb8u2 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libexif package and not the libexif package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

A vulnerability was found in libexif. An integer overflow when parsing the MNOTE entry data of the input file. This can cause Denial-of-Service (DoS) and Information Disclosure (disclosing some critical heap chunk metadata, even other applications' private data).