UBUNTU-CVE-2021-27815

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-27815
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2021/UBUNTU-CVE-2021-27815.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2021-27815
Upstream
Published
2021-04-14T14:15:00Z
Modified
2026-05-20T16:04:52Z
Severity
  • 5.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - low
Summary
[none]
Details

NULL Pointer Deference in the exif command line tool, when printing out XML formatted EXIF data, in exif v0.6.22 and earlier allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) by uploading a malicious JPEG file, causing the application to crash.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS / exif

Package

Name
exif
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/exif?arch=source&distro=jammy

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

0.*
0.6.22-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "exif",
            "binary_version": "0.6.22-2"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2021/UBUNTU-CVE-2021-27815.json"

Ubuntu:24.04:LTS / exif

Package

Name
exif
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/exif?arch=source&distro=noble

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

0.*
0.6.22-3
0.6.22-3build1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "exif",
            "binary_version": "0.6.22-3build1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2021/UBUNTU-CVE-2021-27815.json"

Ubuntu:25.10 / exif

Package

Name
exif
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/exif?arch=source&distro=questing

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

0.*
0.6.22-4

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "exif",
            "binary_version": "0.6.22-4"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2021/UBUNTU-CVE-2021-27815.json"

Ubuntu:26.04:LTS / exif

Package

Name
exif
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/exif?arch=source&distro=resolute

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

0.*
0.6.22-4
0.6.22-4build1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "exif",
            "binary_version": "0.6.22-4build1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2021/UBUNTU-CVE-2021-27815.json"