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CVE-2017-7544

Published: Sep 21, 2017Updated: May 13, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-125
9.1CRITICAL
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
3.3%
Top 13.2%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

libexif through 0.6.21 is vulnerable to out-of-bounds heap read vulnerability in exif_data_save_data_entry function in libexif/exif-data.c caused by improper length computation of the allocated data of an ExifMnote entry which can cause denial-of-service or possibly information disclosure.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:NUI:NS:UC:HI:NA:H
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:NIntegrity
None
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-125

Affected Products

libexifRed Hat, Inc.
Mixed
Cloud & SaaS / cloud-platform
Debian GNU/LinuxСообщество свободного программного обеспечения
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Astra Linux Special EditionООО «РусБИТех-Астра»
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Astra Linux Common EditionООО «РусБИТех-Астра»
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Astra Linux Special Edition для «Эльбрус»ООО «РусБИТех-Астра»
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
red hat, inc.commercialUSCloud & SaaSaka redhat, keycloak, 389-ds-base, ceph
сообщество свободного программного обеспеченияoss-projectOperating Systemsaka сообщество свободного программного обеспечения, fsf
ооо «русбитех-астра»commercialRUOperating Systemsaka rusbitech-astra
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Exploitability

Official Patch Available
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Attack Graph

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MITRE ATT&CK

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References

https://sourceforge.net/p/libexif/bugs/130/
sourceforge.net
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4277-1/
usn.ubuntu.com
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/05/msg00016.html
lists.debian.org
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Timeline

Published
Sep 21, 2017
Last Updated
May 13, 2026

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