CVE-2007-6353

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 4.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2007-12-20 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-190

Description

Integer overflow in exif.cpp in exiv2 library allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted EXIF file that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.

Affected products

Canonical Ubuntu Linux: 7.04, 7.10, 8.04
Debian Linux: 3.1, 4.0
exiv2: before 0.16 — fixed in 0.16

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: exiv2 0.16. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=202351
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-01/msg00002.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/28132
http://secunia.com/advisories/28178
http://secunia.com/advisories/28267
http://secunia.com/advisories/28412
http://secunia.com/advisories/28610
http://secunia.com/advisories/32273
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200712-16.xml
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1474
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:006
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26918

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