CVE-2006-4168 Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures

Upstream information

CVE-2006-4168 at MITRE

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.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
CVSS detail	National Vulnerability Database
Base Score	6.8
Vector	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector	Network
Access Complexity	Medium
Authentication	None
Confidentiality Impact	Partial
Integrity Impact	Partial
Availability Impact	Partial

SUSE Bugzilla entries: 281287 [RESOLVED / FIXED], 283368 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

SUSE Security Advisories:

SUSE-SA:2007:039, published Tue, 03 Jul 2007 17:00:00 +0000
SUSE-SR:2007:014, published Fri, 20 Jul 2007 12:00:00 +0000

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Fri Jun 28 05:09:16 2013
CVE page last modified: Mon Oct 6 18:14:47 2025