CVE-2016-6328
Publication date 31 October 2018
Last updated 24 July 2024
Ubuntu priority
Cvss 3 Severity Score
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).
Status
Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
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libexif | ||
18.04 LTS bionic |
Not affected
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16.04 LTS xenial |
Fixed 0.6.21-2ubuntu0.1
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14.04 LTS trusty |
Fixed 0.6.21-1ubuntu1+esm1
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Package | Patch details |
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libexif |
Severity score breakdown
Parameter | Value |
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Base score | 8.1 · High |
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 |
References
Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)
- USN-4277-1
- libexif vulnerabilities
- 11 February 2020