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CVE-2016-6328 json

A vulnerability was found in libexif.

published 2018-10-31 8 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2016-7255

cvss
6.1
version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.7%
EPSS 1.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 77%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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).

Patch / fix

  • libexif_project libexif 0.6.22
  • libexif Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 0.6.21-2.1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2016-6328

  • libexif Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 0.6.21-2ubuntu0.1
  • libexif Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS 0.6.21-1ubuntu1+esm1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2016-6328

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • libexif SLE Module for Package Hub 15 SP2, SLE Module for Package Hub 15 SP1, SLE Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP2 +1 more 0.6.22-5.6.1
  • libexif SLES for SAP 12 SP5, SLES for SAP 12 SP4, SLES for SAP 12 SP3 +16 more 0.6.22-8.9.1
  • libexif SLES for SAP 12 SP3, SLES for SAP 12 SP2, SLES for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2 +6 more 0.6.21-8.3.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2020:1553-2SUSE-SU-2020:1553-1SUSE-SU-2020:1534-1SUSE-SU-2018:0193-1

  • libexif openSUSE Tumbleweed 0.6.23-1.2
  • libexif openSUSE Leap 15.1 0.6.22-lp151.4.6.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10939-1openSUSE-SU-2020:0793-1

  • libexif Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22 +14 more 0.6.22-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2016-6328

Alpine secdb © Alpine Linux, from https://secdb.alpinelinux.org via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • libexif Arch Linux 0.6.22-1

arch linux advisories AVG-1166

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2016-6328 updated cvss 6.1

libexif: Integer overflow in parsing MNOTE entry data of the input file

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 libexif Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 libexif Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 libexif
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

1.68% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 77% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.0 6.1 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:L
NVD 3.1 8.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 5.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P

Affected products

  • [UNKNOWN] libexif

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-190 Integer Overflow or Wraparound

References

Sources

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