CVE-2026-40386 (GCVE-0-2026-40386)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-04-12 18:19 – Updated: 2026-04-14 16:33
VLAI
Summary
In libexif through 0.6.25, an integer underflow in size checking for Fuji and Olympus MakerNote decoding could be used by attackers to crash or leak information out of libexif-using programs.
Severity
4 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • CWE-191 - Integer Underflow (Wrap or Wraparound)
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
libexif project libexif Affected: 0 , ≤ 0.6.25 (semver)
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