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CVE-2006-4168

Published: Jun 14, 2007 | Modified: Apr 09, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
6.8 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-4168
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/NVD-Other.html

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 code via an image with many EXIF components, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
LibexifLibexif0.6.9 (including)0.6.9 (including)
LibexifLibexif0.6.11 (including)0.6.11 (including)
LibexifLibexif0.6.12 (including)0.6.12 (including)
LibexifLibexif0.6.13 (including)0.6.13 (including)
LibexifLibexif0.6.14 (including)0.6.14 (including)
LibexifLibexif0.6.15 (including)0.6.15 (including)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4RedHatlibexif-0:0.5.12-5.1.0.2*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5RedHatlibexif-0:0.6.13-4.0.2.el5*
LibexifUbuntudapper*
LibexifUbuntudevel*
LibexifUbuntuedgy*
LibexifUbuntufeisty*

References

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