Description
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).
Published: 2018-10-31
Score: 8.1 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-2214-1 libexif security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2016-7255 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).
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4277-1 libexif vulnerabilities
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Canonical Ubuntu Linux
Debian Debian Linux
Libexif Project Libexif
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T01:29:19.973Z

Reserved: 2016-07-26T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-6328

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Status : Modified

Published: 2018-10-31T22:29:00.257

Modified: 2024-11-21T02:55:54.600

Link: CVE-2016-6328

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2017-07-25T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-6328 - Bugzilla

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