UBUNTU-CVE-2017-7544

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-7544
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-7544.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-7544
Related
Published
2017-09-21T21:29:00Z
Modified
2025-01-13T10:21:22Z
Severity
  • 9.1 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

libexif through 0.6.21 is vulnerable to out-of-bounds heap read vulnerability in exifdatasavedataentry function in libexif/exif-data.c caused by improper length computation of the allocated data of an ExifMnote entry which can cause denial-of-service or possibly information disclosure.

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 

{
    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro",
    "ubuntu_priority": "low",
    "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"
        }
    ]
}

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 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "ubuntu_priority": "low",
    "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"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS / libexif

Package

Name
libexif
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libexif@0.6.21-4?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.6.21-4

Affected versions

0.*

0.6.21-2.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "ubuntu_priority": "low",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libexif-dev",
            "binary_version": "0.6.21-4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libexif-doc",
            "binary_version": "0.6.21-4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libexif12",
            "binary_version": "0.6.21-4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libexif12-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "0.6.21-4"
        }
    ]
}