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HistoryJun 27, 2007 - 12:00 a.m.

libexif vulnerability

2007-06-2700:00:00
ubuntu.com
45

CVSS2

6.8

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

AI Score

7.2

Confidence

Low

EPSS

0.261

Percentile

96.7%

Releases

  • Ubuntu 7.04
  • Ubuntu 6.10
  • Ubuntu 6.06

Details

Sean Larsson discovered that libexif did not correctly verify the size of
EXIF components. By tricking a user into opening an image with specially
crafted EXIF headers, a remote attacker could cause the application
using libexif to execute arbitrary code with user privileges.

OSVersionArchitecturePackageVersionFilename
Ubuntu7.04noarchlibexif12< 0.6.13-5ubuntu0.2UNKNOWN
Ubuntu6.10noarchlibexif12< 0.6.13-4ubuntu0.2UNKNOWN
Ubuntu6.06noarchlibexif12< 0.6.12-2ubuntu0.2UNKNOWN

CVSS2

6.8

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

AI Score

7.2

Confidence

Low

EPSS

0.261

Percentile

96.7%