CVE-2007-6356 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

exiftags before 1.01 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via recursive IFD references in the EXIF data in a JPEG image.

Published: 2007-12-18

Score: 5.0 Medium

EPSS: 1.1% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:aertherwide:exiftags:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Debian DSA	DSA-1533-1	New exiftags packages fix several vulnerabilities
Debian DSA	DSA-1533-2	New exiftags packages fix several vulnerabilities
EUVD	EUVD-2007-6323	exiftags before 1.01 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via recursive IFD references in the EXIF data in a JPEG image.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01139.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=202354
http://johnst.org/sw/exiftags/CHANGES
http://secunia.com/advisories/28110
http://secunia.com/advisories/28268
http://secunia.com/advisories/29580
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200712-17.xml
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1533
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26892
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4251

History

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Subscriptions

Aertherwide Exiftags

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2007-12-18T20:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T16:02:36.543Z

Reserved: 2007-12-14T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2007-6356

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2007-12-18T20:46:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2007-6356

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-399

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