UBUNTU-CVE-2021-27815

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-27815
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2021/UBUNTU-CVE-2021-27815.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2021-27815
Related
Published
2021-04-14T14:15:00Z
Modified
2025-04-23T14:54:34Z
Severity
  • 5.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS / exif

Package

Name
exif
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/exif@0.6.22-2?arch=source&distro=jammy

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

0.*

0.6.22-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "ubuntu_priority": "low"
}

Ubuntu:24.10 / exif

Package

Name
exif
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/exif@0.6.22-3build1?arch=source&distro=oracular

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

0.*

0.6.22-3build1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "ubuntu_priority": "low"
}

Ubuntu:24.04:LTS / exif

Package

Name
exif
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/exif@0.6.22-3build1?arch=source&distro=noble

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

0.*

0.6.22-3
0.6.22-3build1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "ubuntu_priority": "low"
}

Ubuntu:25.04 / exif

Package

Name
exif
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/exif@0.6.22-4?arch=source&distro=plucky

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

0.*

0.6.22-3build1
0.6.22-4

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "ubuntu_priority": "low"
}