CVE-2007-6351

Summary

CVECVE-2007-6351
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2007-12-20 02:46:00 UTC
Updated2021-01-26 13:07:00 UTC
Descriptionlibexif 0.6.16 and earlier allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite recursion) via an image file with crafted EXIF tags, possibly involving the exif_loader_write function in exif_loader.c.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Libexif Project Libexif 0.6.14 All All All
Application Libexif Project Libexif 0.6.15 All All All
Application Libexif Project Libexif All All All All
Application Libexif Project Libexif 0.6.14 All All All
Application Libexif Project Libexif 0.6.15 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Bug 425551 – CVE-2007-6351 libexif infinite recursion flaw (DoS) MISC bugzilla.redhat.com
libexif Integer Overflow and Denial of Service - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Mandriva update for libexif - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
libexif Infinite Recursion Bug Permits Denial of Service Attacks and Integer Overflow Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com
SUSE Update for Multiple Packages - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
rPath update for libexif - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Debian update for libexif - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
SecurityFocus BUGTRAQ www.securityfocus.com
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- libexif: Multiple vulnerabilities GENTOO security.gentoo.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 8 Update: libexif-0.6.15-5.fc8 FEDORA www.redhat.com
Security Advisories | Mandriva Linux MANDRIVA www.mandriva.com
issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2068 CONFIRM issues.rpath.com
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support REDHAT www.redhat.com Patch
Repository / Oval Repository OVAL oval.cisecurity.org
Bug 425631 – CVE-2007-6351 CVE-2007-6352 libexif various flaws [F8] CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com
42652 OSVDB osvdb.org
Security Announcement SUSE www.novell.com
Fedora update for libexif - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1487-1 libexif DEBIAN www.debian.org
Red Hat update for libexif - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Gentoo update for libexif - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
USN-654-1: libexif vulnerabilities | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com Vendor Advisory
Bug 425621 – CVE-2007-6351 CVE-2007-6352 libexif various flaws [F7] CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com
libexif Image Tag Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 7 Update: libexif-0.6.15-3.fc7 FEDORA www.redhat.com
Ubuntu update for libexif - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Gentoo Bug 202350 - media-libs/libexif < 0.6.16-r1 Multiple vulnerabilities (CVE-2007-{6351,6352}) CONFIRM bugs.gentoo.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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