CVE-2016-6328
mediumpriority · track · 43EPSS 0.017 · 77 %ileexploit · PoCDEEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
A vulnerability was found in libexif. An integer overflow when parsing the MNOTE entry data of the input file. This can cause Denial-of-Service (DoS) and Information Disclosure (disclosing some critical heap chunk metadata, even other applications' private data).
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Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 5.8–8.1
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exploits (1)
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affected products (26)
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advisories (2)
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- WID-SEC-W-2022-1994Google Android Patchday JanuarDeutsch2021-01-04csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, anonymer Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Google Android ausnutzen, um seine Privilegien zu erhöhen, beliebigen Programmcode auszuführen, einen Denial of Service Zustand herbeizuführen oder Informationen offenzulegen.
- ASB-A-1626021322021-01-01vendor · osvUS
In mnote_pentax_entry_get_value of mnote-pentax-entry.c, there is a possible out of bounds write due to a missing bounds check. This could lead to remote code execution with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.
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references (20)
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- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-06/msg00017.htmlcnnvd
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-6328cnnvd
- https://github.com/libexif/libexif/commit/41bd04234b104312f54d25822f68738ba8d7133dPatchcnnvd
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/05/msg00016.htmlcnnvd
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156314/Ubuntu-Security-Notice-USN-4277-1.htmlcnnvd
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/158560/Gentoo-Linux-Security-Advisory-202007-05.htmlcnnvd
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-05cnnvd
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4277-1/cnnvd
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