DEBIAN-CVE-2021-27815

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    DEBIAN-CVE-2021-27815

    Published: 14 Apr 2021Last Modified: 1 Sept 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2021-27815

    Summary:

    Details: NULL Pointer Deference in the exif command line tool, when printing out XML formatted EXIF data, in exif v0.6.22 and earlier allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) by uploading a malicious JPEG file, causing the application to crash.

    References: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-27815

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: exif

    Purl: pkg:deb/debian/exif?arch=source&distro=bookworm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -0.6.22-3

    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
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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