CVE-2007-6353

Summary

CVECVE-2007-6353
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2007-12-20 01:46:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionInteger overflow in exif.cpp in exiv2 library allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted EXIF file that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.5 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-190 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 7.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 7.10 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 8.04 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 3.1 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 4.0 All All All
Application Exiv2 Exiv2 All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Debian update for exiv2 - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Broken Link
Gentoo Bug 202351 - media-gfx/exiv2 < 0.13-r1 Integer overflow (CVE-2007-6353) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
Webmail | OVH- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Broken Link
USN-655-1: exiv2 vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 7 Update: exiv2-0.15-5.fc7 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- Exiv2: Integer overflow af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
SUSE Update for Multiple Packages - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Broken Link
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1474-1 exiv2 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2008:006 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com Broken Link
Bug 425921 – CVE-2007-6353 exiv2: integer overflow in EXIF parsing af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
Ubuntu update for exiv2 - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Broken Link
[security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report SUSE-SR:2008:001 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 8 Update: exiv2-0.15-5.fc8 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Fedora update for exiv2 - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Broken Link
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Gentoo update for exiv2 - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Broken Link
Exiv2 EXIF File Handling Integer Overflow Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Exiv2 EXIF Parsing Integer Overflow Vulnerability - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Broken Link
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 901897 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for exiv2 (7202)

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