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usn-4277-1
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2020-02-11 16:48
Modified
2026-06-29 10:52
Summary
libexif vulnerabilities
Details

Liu Bingchang discovered that libexif incorrectly handled certain files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to access sensitive information or cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 12.04 ESM, Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2016-6328)

Lili Xu and Bingchang Liu discovered that libexif incorrectly handled certain files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to access sensitive information or cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 12.04 ESM, Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2017-7544)

It was discovered that libexif incorrectly handled certain files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2019-9278)

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  "details": "Liu Bingchang discovered that libexif incorrectly handled certain files.\nAn attacker could possibly use this issue to access sensitive information or\ncause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 12.04 ESM, Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and\nUbuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2016-6328)\n\nLili Xu and Bingchang Liu discovered that libexif incorrectly handled certain files.\nAn attacker could possibly use this issue to access sensitive information or cause\na denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 12.04 ESM, Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and\nUbuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2017-7544)\n\nIt was discovered that libexif incorrectly handled certain files. An attacker could\npossibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2019-9278)\n",
  "id": "USN-4277-1",
  "modified": "2026-06-29T10:52:44Z",
  "published": "2020-02-11T16:48:04Z",
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  "summary": "libexif vulnerabilities",
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}



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