CVE-2006-4168

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 4.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2007-06-14 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Integer overflow in the exif_data_load_data_entry function in libexif/exif-data.c in Libexif before 0.6.16 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or execute arbitrary code via an image with many EXIF components, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.

Affected products

Libexif: 0.6.9, 0.6.11, 0.6.12, 0.6.13, 0.6.14, 0.6.15

References

http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=543
http://osvdb.org/35379
http://secunia.com/advisories/25642
http://secunia.com/advisories/25645
http://secunia.com/advisories/25674
http://secunia.com/advisories/25717/
http://secunia.com/advisories/25746
http://secunia.com/advisories/25768
http://secunia.com/advisories/25820
http://secunia.com/advisories/25842
http://secunia.com/advisories/25932
http://secunia.com/advisories/26083

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