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CVE-2021-27815

Date: April 13, 2021

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.

Language: C

Severity Score

Related Resources (14)

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202210-28
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JSWAXZVNXYLV3E4R6YQTEGRGMGWEAR76/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QMC6OTXZRPCUD3LOSWO4ISR7CH7NJQDT/
https://github.com/libexif/exif/commit/f6334d9d32437ef13dc902f0a88a2be0063d9d1c
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-27815
https://github.com/libexif/exif/commit/eb84b0e3c5f2a86013b6fcfb800d187896a648fa
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2021-27815
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-27815
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JSWAXZVNXYLV3E4R6YQTEGRGMGWEAR76/
https://github.com/libexif/exif/issues/4
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YZQ3L45F7S7PQPG5HEHXOCGNOO64MJOS/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YZQ3L45F7S7PQPG5HEHXOCGNOO64MJOS/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QMC6OTXZRPCUD3LOSWO4ISR7CH7NJQDT/
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2021-27815

Severity Score

Weakness Type (CWE)

NULL Pointer Dereference

CWE-476

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC): LOW
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): REQUIRED
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC): MEDIUM
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): PARTIAL
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