CVE-2006-4168 (GCVE-0-2006-4168)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2007-06-14 19:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 18:57
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
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Date Public
2007-06-12 00:00
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