CVE-2016-6328

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Summary

CVECVE-2016-6328
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-10-31 22:29:00 UTC
Updated2023-02-12 23:25:00 UTC
DescriptionA vulnerability was found in libexif. An integer overflow when parsing the MNOTE entry data of the input file. This can cause Denial-of-Service (DoS) and Information Disclosure (disclosing some critical heap chunk metadata, even other applications' private data).

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-190

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 19.10 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Application Libexif Project Libexif All All All All
Application Libexif Project Libexif - All All All
Application Libexif Project Libexif - All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[SECURITY] [DLA 2214-1] libexif security update MLIST lists.debian.org
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2020:0793-1: moderate: Security update f SUSE lists.opensuse.org
1366239 – (CVE-2016-6328) CVE-2016-6328 libexif: Integer overflow in parsing MNOTE entry data of the input file CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
libexif: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 202007-05) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
USN-4277-1: libexif vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 500291 Alpine Linux Security Update for libexif
  • 690461 Free Berkeley Software Distribution (FreeBSD) Security Update for libexif (cff0b2e2-0716-11eb-9e5d-08002728f74c)
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