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CVE-2007-6351 Detail

Current Description

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.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=202350 CVE, MITRE
http://osvdb.org/42652 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/28076 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/28127 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/28195 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/28266 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/28346 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/28400 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/28636 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/28776 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/32274 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200712-15.xml CVE, MITRE
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1487 CVE, MITRE
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:005 CVE, MITRE
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/suse_security_summary_report.html CVE, MITRE
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1165.html CVE, MITRE Patch 
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/485822/100/0/threaded CVE, MITRE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26976 CVE, MITRE
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019124 CVE, MITRE
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-654-1 CVE, MITRE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4278 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=425551 CVE, MITRE
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=425621 CVE, MITRE
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=425631 CVE, MITRE
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39166 CVE, MITRE
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2068 CVE, MITRE
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9420 CVE, MITRE
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-December/msg00597.html CVE, MITRE
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-December/msg00626.html CVE, MITRE

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2007-6351
NVD Published Date:
12/19/2007
NVD Last Modified:
04/08/2025
Source:
MITRE