ALPINE-CVE-2017-7544

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    ALPINE-CVE-2017-7544

    Published: 21 Sept 2017Last Modified: 15 Jun 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2017-7544

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2017-7544

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: libexif

    Purl: pkg:apk/alpine/libexif?arch=source

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -0.6.21-r3

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High