UBUNTU-CVE-2016-6328

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2016-6328

    Published: 31 Oct 2018Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2016-6328
    Aliases:
    USN-4277-1

    Summary:

    Details: 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).

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-6328, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4277-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-6328

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: libexif

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]+esm1?arch=source&distro=trusty/esm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -0.6.21-1ubuntu1+esm1

    Affected versions

    0.6.21-1
    0.6.21-1ubuntu1

    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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