vulnerability

Gentoo Linux: CVE-2021-27815: exif: Denial of Service

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Apr 14, 2021
Added
Oct 31, 2022
Modified
Aug 13, 2025

Description

NULL Pointer Deference in the exif command line tool, when printing out XML formatted EXIF data, in exif v0.6.22 and earlier allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) by uploading a malicious JPEG file, causing the application to crash.

Solution

gentoo-linux-upgrade-media-gfx-exif
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