CVE-2017-7544

Published: Sep 21, 2017Modified: May 13, 2026

9.1

Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

Exploitability: 3.9 / Impact: 5.2

Source: NVD

Description

libexif through 0.6.21 is vulnerable to out-of-bounds heap read vulnerability in exif_data_save_data_entry function in libexif/exif-data.c caused by improper length computation of the allocated data of an ExifMnote entry which can cause denial-of-service or possibly information disclosure.

Affected (1)

Products: Libexif Project: Libexif

Libexif Project

1 product

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Libexif Project Libexif	Up to 0.6.21

Related CWEs

Out-of-bounds Read

The product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer.

References (8)

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-06/msg00017.html

Source: secalert@redhat.com

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/05/msg00016.html

Source: secalert@redhat.com

https://sourceforge.net/p/libexif/bugs/130/

Source: secalert@redhat.com

ExploitThird Party Advisory

https://usn.ubuntu.com/4277-1/

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-06/msg00017.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/05/msg00016.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

https://sourceforge.net/p/libexif/bugs/130/

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

ExploitThird Party Advisory

https://usn.ubuntu.com/4277-1/

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

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