UBUNTU-CVE-2017-7544

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2017-7544

    Published: 21 Sept 2017Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2017-7544
    Aliases:
    USN-4277-1

    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://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-7544, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4277-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-7544

    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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