Ubuntu Security Notice 4358-1 - It was discovered that libexif incorrectly handled certain tags. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. It was discovered that libexif incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash.
a6ebbe1e7666fcfc5f57a025ec9f8c63b170642fc7d78eec794144da935573faSecunia Research has discovered a vulnerability in libexif, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service). An error when processing the EXIF_IFD_INTEROPERABILITY and EXIF_IFD_EXIF tags can be exploited to exhaust available CPU resources. The vulnerability is confirmed in version 0.6.21. Other versions may also be affected.
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