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CVE-2016-6328

Published: 31 October 2018

A 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).

Priority

Low

Cvss 3 Severity Score

8.1

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
libexif
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
trusty
Released (0.6.21-1ubuntu1+esm1)
Available with Ubuntu Pro or Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only)
xenial
Released (0.6.21-2ubuntu0.1)
zesty Ignored
(end of life)
artful Ignored
(end of life)
bionic Not vulnerable
(0.6.21-4)
cosmic Ignored
(end of life)
disco Not vulnerable
(0.6.21-5.1)
eoan Not vulnerable
(0.6.21-5.1)
upstream Needed

Patches:
upstream: http://libexif.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/libexif/libexif/libexif/pentax/mnote-pentax-entry.c?r1=1.26&r2=1.27

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 8.1
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H