CVE-2006-4168

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Summary

CVECVE-2006-4168
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2007-06-14 19:30:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionInteger 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.8 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Libexif Libexif 0.6.11 All All All
Application Libexif Libexif 0.6.12 All All All
Application Libexif Libexif 0.6.13 All All All
Application Libexif Libexif 0.6.14 All All All
Application Libexif Libexif 0.6.15 All All All
Application Libexif Libexif 0.6.9 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
EXIF Library EXIF File Processing Integer Overflow Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
libexif EXIF Information Integer Overflow Vulnerability - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Security Advisory SA25674 - Red Hat update for libexif - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Security Advisory SA25768 - rPath update for libexif - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
Gentoo update for libexif - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1482 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 issues.rpath.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1310-1 libexif af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
Slackware update for libexif - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
Debian update for libexif - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
SUSE update for libexif - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
libexif Integer Overflow in exif_data_load_data_entry() May Let Remote Users Crash the Application or Execute Arbitrary Code - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
Security Announcement af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.novell.com
Advisories - Mandriva Linux af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
osvdb.org/35379 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 osvdb.org
Page not found - SourceForge.net af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sourceforge.net Patch
Mandriva update for libexif - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
libexif: Buffer overflow — Gentoo Linux Documentation af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
Security Announcement af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.novell.com
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
SUSE Update for Multiple Packages - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 labs.idefense.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
Ubuntu update for libexif - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
USN-478-1: libexif vulnerability | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
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