UBUNTU-CVE-2016-6328

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-6328
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-6328.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-6328
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Published
2018-10-31T22:29:00Z
Modified
2025-07-18T16:43:35Z
Severity
  • 8.1 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • 6.1 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:L CVSS Calculator
  • 8.1 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - low
Summary
[none]
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).

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS / libexif

Package

Name
libexif
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libexif@0.6.21-1ubuntu1+esm1?arch=source&distro=trusty/esm

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.6.21-1ubuntu1+esm1

Affected versions

0.*

0.6.21-1
0.6.21-1ubuntu1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libexif-dev",
            "binary_version": "0.6.21-1ubuntu1+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libexif12",
            "binary_version": "0.6.21-1ubuntu1+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libexif12-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "0.6.21-1ubuntu1+esm1"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro"
}

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / libexif

Package

Name
libexif
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libexif@0.6.21-2ubuntu0.1?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.6.21-2ubuntu0.1

Affected versions

0.*

0.6.21-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libexif-dev",
            "binary_version": "0.6.21-2ubuntu0.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libexif12",
            "binary_version": "0.6.21-2ubuntu0.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libexif12-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "0.6.21-2ubuntu0.1"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}