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

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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
04/14/2021
Created
10/31/2022
Added
10/31/2022
Modified
10/31/2022

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(s)

  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-media-gfx-exif

References

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