Vulnerability in Libexif
CVE-2006-4168
Integer overflow in the exif_data_load_data_entry function in libexif/exif-data.c in Libexif before 0.6.16 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or execute arbitrary code via an image with many EXIF components, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 6.8 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.043 (90.8th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 91st percentile — 90.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.043 · newest: 0.043 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Libexif — versions 0.6.9, 0.6.11, 0.6.12
References
- www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_39_libexif.html (vendor-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/25717/ (third-party-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/26083 (third-party-advisory)
- www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_14_sr.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/24461 (vdb-entry)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34851 (vdb-entry)
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisories (vendor-advisory)
- www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1310 (vendor-advisory)
- sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php (Patch)
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200706-09.xml (vendor-advisory)