CVE-2021-27815: 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…

PriorityP417medium5.5CVSS 3.1

AVLACLPRNUIRSUCNINAH

EPSS

1.27%

66.9th percentile

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.

Affected

8 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
debian	exif	< exif 0.6.22-3 (bookworm)	exif 0.6.22-3 (bookworm)
exif	exif	>= 0 < 0.6.22-3	0.6.22-3
exif	exif	>= 0 < 0.6.22-3	0.6.22-3
exif	exif	>= 0 < 0.6.22-3	0.6.22-3
fedoraproject	fedora	—	—
fedoraproject	fedora	—	—
fedoraproject	fedora	—	—
libexif_project	exif	<= 0.6.22	—

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.15.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

nvdv2.04.3MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

osv5.5MEDIUM

vendor_debian5.5LOW

vendor_redhat5.5MEDIUM

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