Critical severity · published Sep 21, 2017
CVE-2017-7544
libexif through 0.6.21 is vulnerable to out-of-bounds heap read vulnerability in exif_data_save_data_entry function in libexif/exif-data.c caused by improper length computation of…
9.1
CVSS
3.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
libexif through 0.6.21 is vulnerable to out-of-bounds heap read vulnerability in exif_data_save_data_entry function in libexif/exif-data.c caused by improper length computation of the allocated data of an ExifMnote entry which can cause denial-of-service or possibly information disclosure.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)3.3% · higher than 88% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
LI
Libexif · Libexif Project
through 0.6.21 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-7544
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-7544
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-06/msg00017.html
lists.debian.org
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/05/msg00016.html
Exploit
https://sourceforge.net/p/libexif/bugs/130/
usn.ubuntu.com
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4277-1/
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