CVE-2007-6356
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.
02 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.
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
- 1.83% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 78.5% 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
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
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
- 2007-12-18 20:00Z18 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 16:02Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2007-12-14
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 6703a05a3d5d3c8df00c26fbccd0279f90d41a2fe7843543b78b17b26f98e080
05 Affected products
06 References
- secunia.com29580http://secunia.com/advisories/29580
- bugs.gentoo.orghttp://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=202354
- secunia.com28110http://secunia.com/advisories/28110
- www.debian.orgDSA-1533http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1533
- secunia.com28268http://secunia.com/advisories/28268
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-200712-17http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200712-17.xml
- www.vupen.comADV-2007-4251http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4251
- johnst.orghttp://johnst.org/sw/exiftags/CHANGES
- www.securityfocus.com26892http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26892
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- exiftags Fixed in 1.01-0.1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- exiftags Fixed in 1.01-0.1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- exiftags Fixed in 1.01-0.1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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