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
02 Description
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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 4.30% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 90.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2007-06-14 19:00Z19 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 18:57Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2006-08-16
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-190Integer Overflow or WraparoundBase
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- e6442598e003f0afc792eea626303b342f4a3cfc0c60c2415904458c549e43f8
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.novell.comSUSE-SA:2007:039http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_39_libexif.html
- secunia.com25717http://secunia.com/advisories/25717/
- secunia.com26083http://secunia.com/advisories/26083
- www.novell.comSUSE-SR:2007:014http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_14_sr.html
- www.securityfocus.com24461http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24461
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.commultiple-libexif-exifdataloaddataentry-bo(34851)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34851
- www.mandriva.comMDKSA-2007:128http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:128
- www.debian.orgDSA-1310http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1310
- sourceforge.nethttp://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=515385
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-200706-09http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200706-09.xml
- labs.idefense.com20070613 Multiple Vendor libexif Integer Overflow Heap Corruption Vulnerabilityhttp://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=543
- www.securitytracker.com1018240http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018240
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-478-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-478-1
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2007:0501https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0501.html
- secunia.com25746http://secunia.com/advisories/25746
- secunia.com25768http://secunia.com/advisories/25768
- secunia.com25645http://secunia.com/advisories/25645
- secunia.com25674http://secunia.com/advisories/25674
- secunia.com25842http://secunia.com/advisories/25842
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:9349https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9349
- osvdb.org35379http://osvdb.org/35379
- secunia.com25820http://secunia.com/advisories/25820
- secunia.com25932http://secunia.com/advisories/25932
- www.vupen.comADV-2007-2165http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2165
- issues.rpath.comhttps://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1482
- www.securityfocus.com20070622 FLEA-2007-0028-1: libexifhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/472046/100/0/threaded
- secunia.com25642http://secunia.com/advisories/25642
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- libexif Fixed in 0.6.16-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- libexif Fixed in 0.6.16-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- libexif Fixed in 0.6.16-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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