ubuntu-cve-2016-6328
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2018-10-31 22:29
Modified
2026-04-22 07:38
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).

Severity
8.1 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
6.1 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:L
8.1 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
N/A (UNKNOWN)
low
References
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  "affected": [
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "libexif12",
            "binary_version": "0.6.21-1ubuntu1+esm1"
          }
        ]
      },
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        "name": "libexif",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/libexif@0.6.21-1ubuntu1+esm1?arch=source\u0026distro=trusty/esm"
      },
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        }
      ],
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      ]
    },
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "No subscription required",
        "binaries": [
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          }
        ]
      },
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      },
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            },
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            }
          ],
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        }
      ],
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      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "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\u0027 private data).",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2016-6328",
  "modified": "2026-04-22T07:38:01Z",
  "published": "2018-10-31T22:29:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-6328"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4277-1"
    },
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      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-6328"
    }
  ],
  "related": [
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  ],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:L",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "low",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2016-6328"
  ]
}



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