CVE-2006-4168
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.8EPSS 4.3%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.8 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- EPSS score
- 4.3% (91th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2006-4158)
- Published
- June 14, 2007
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2006-4158 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- libexif / libexif
- libexif / libexif
- libexif / libexif
- libexif / libexif
- libexif / libexif
- libexif / libexif
References
- http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=543(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://osvdb.org/35379
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25642(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25645
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25674
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25717/
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25746
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25768
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25820
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25842
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25932
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26083
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200706-09.xml
- http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=515385(Patch)
- http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1310
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:128
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_14_sr.html
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_39_libexif.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/472046/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24461
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018240
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-478-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2165
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34851
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1482
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9349
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0501.html
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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