CVE-2007-6351
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.3EPSS 1.7%EU EUVD
libexif 0.6.16 and earlier allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite recursion) via an image file with crafted EXIF tags, possibly involving the exif_loader_write function in exif_loader.c.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P- EPSS score
- 1.7% (77th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2007-6318)
- Published
- December 20, 2007
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2007-6318 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- libexif project / libexif
- libexif project / libexif
- libexif project / libexif
References
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=202350
- http://osvdb.org/42652
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28076(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28127(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28195(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28266(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28346(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28400(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28636(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28776(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32274(Vendor Advisory)
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200712-15.xml
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1487
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:005
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/suse_security_summary_report.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1165.html(Patch)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/485822/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26976
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019124
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-654-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4278(Vendor Advisory)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=425551
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=425621
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=425631
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39166
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2068
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9420
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-December/msg00597.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-December/msg00626.html
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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