CVE-2017-7544
critical
CVSS v3
9.1
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
9.1
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.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
94%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| arch | fixed | 0.6.22-1 | |
| sles | affected | | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 0.6.21-2.1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 0.6.21-2.1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 0.6.21-2.1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 0.6.21-2.1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 0.6.21-2.1 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| libexif_project | libexif | {"endIncluding":"0.6.21"} | |
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-06/msg00017.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/05/msg00016.html
- https://sourceforge.net/p/libexif/bugs/130/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4277-1/
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-7544.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-7544
CWEs
CWE-125
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.