THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2006-4168
MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2006-4168

Libexif vulnerability

CVSS
6.8
EPSS
4.3%
EPSS pct
90th
Exploited
No known
Integer overflow in the exif_data_load_data_entry function in libexif/exif-data.c in Libexif before 0.6.16 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or execute arbitrary code via an image with many EXIF components, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.
Affected vendor
Libexif
Affected product
Libexif
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Published
2007-06-14

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, medium attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to confidentiality, partial impact to integrity, partial impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 4.3% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 90% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2006-4168

  • Confirm whether Libexif Libexif is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2006-4168.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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