CVE-2007-6356

Description

exiftags before 1.01 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via recursive IFD references in the EXIF data in a JPEG image.

Category

5.0
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 1.01% Top 25%
Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory gentoo.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/29580 third party advisory
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=202354
http://secunia.com/advisories/28110 third party advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1533 vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28268 third party advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200712-17.xml vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4251 vdb entry
http://johnst.org/sw/exiftags/CHANGES
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26892 vdb entry

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2007-6356?
CVE-2007-6356 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2007-6356?
To fix CVE-2007-6356, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2007-6356 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2007-6356 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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