CVE-2019-9278
In libexif, there is a possible out of bounds write due to an integer overflow. This could lead to remote escalation of privilege in the media content provider with no additional execution privileges
02 Description
In libexif, there is a possible out of bounds write due to an integer overflow. This could lead to remote escalation of privilege in the media content provider with no additional execution privileges
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
- 4.05% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 90.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 8.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- 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
- 2019-09-27 18:05Z7 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-04 21:46Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2019-02-28
- Assigning CNA
- google_android
- 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
- 10ba16aa453cfb93281c228709f42cea2a39c98f4d4424406a5de3c12d778873
05 Affected products
06 References
- source.android.comhttps://source.android.com/security/bulletin/android-10
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20191025 Security fixes from Android 10 release which are relevant outside the Android ecosystem?http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/10/25/17
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20191026 Re: Security fixes from Android 10 release which are relevant outside the Android ecosystem?http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/10/27/1
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20191107 Re: Security fixes from Android 10 release which are relevant outside the Android ecosystem?http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/11/07/1
- www.debian.orgDSA-4618https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4618
- lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20200210 [SECURITY] [DLA 2100-1] libexif security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/02/msg00007.html
- seclists.org20200210 [SECURITY] [DSA 4618-1] libexif security updatehttps://seclists.org/bugtraq/2020/Feb/9
- github.comhttps://github.com/libexif/libexif/issues/26
- github.comhttps://github.com/libexif/libexif/commit/75aa73267fdb1e0ebfbc00369e7312bac43d0566
- usn.ubuntu.comUSN-4277-1https://usn.ubuntu.com/4277-1/
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2020:0264http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00000.html
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2020:0793http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-06/msg00017.html
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2020-b4db792558https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VA5BPQLOFXIZOOJHBYDU635Z5KLUMTDD/
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2020-085150ac6ehttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MO2VTHD7OLPJDCJBHKUQTBAHZOBBCF6X/
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-202007-05https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-05
07 Fixed in
Arch Linux
- libexif Fixed in 0.6.22-1
Source: Arch Linux Security Tracker, the Arch Linux security team. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 12
- libexif Fixed in 0.6.21-6
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- libexif Fixed in 0.6.21-6
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- libexif Fixed in 0.6.21-6
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- libexif Fixed in 0.6.21-2ubuntu0.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- libexif Fixed in 0.6.21-4ubuntu0.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS
- libexif Fixed in 0.6.21-1ubuntu1+esm1Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.