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CVE-2016-6328
A vulnerability was found in libexif. An integer overflow when parsing the MNOTE entry data of the input file. This can cause…
Medium6.1EPSS 1.7%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- redhat
Description
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).
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 2 years later
· 2 years later
Published
- 6 years later
· 6 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| redhatCNA (assigner) | 3.0 | Medium6.1 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:L |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High8.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.7% · top 23% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.1.
Weakness
Affected products
References (5)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-6328 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- USN-4277-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20200518 [SECURITY] [DLA 2214-1] libexif security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2020:0793 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- GLSA-202007-05 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
Sources
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