FKIE_CVE-2007-6351
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2007-12-20 02:46 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:47
Severity
Summary
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.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| libexif_project | libexif | * | |
| libexif_project | libexif | 0.6.14 | |
| libexif_project | libexif | 0.6.15 |
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