USN-4277-1

Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4277-1
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-4277-1.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/USN-4277-1
Upstream
CVE (3)
Related
Published
2020-02-11T16:48:04Z
Modified
2026-06-29T13:46:58Z
Summary
libexif vulnerabilities
Details

Liu Bingchang discovered that libexif incorrectly handled certain files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to access sensitive information or cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 12.04 ESM, Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2016-6328)

Lili Xu and Bingchang Liu discovered that libexif incorrectly handled certain files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to access sensitive information or cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 12.04 ESM, Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2017-7544)

It was discovered that libexif incorrectly handled certain files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2019-9278)

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS / libexif

Package

Name
libexif
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libexif?arch=source&distro=trusty%2Fesm

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.6.21-1ubuntu1+esm1

Affected versions

0.*
0.6.21-1
0.6.21-1ubuntu1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "availability":  "Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro",
    "binaries":  [
        {
            "binary_name":  "libexif12",
            "binary_version":  "0.6.21-1ubuntu1+esm1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

cves_map
{
    "cves":  [
        {
            "id":  "CVE-2016-6328",
            "severity":  [
                {
                    "score":  "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H",
                    "type":  "CVSS_V3"
                },
                {
                    "score":  "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:L",
                    "type":  "CVSS_V3"
                },
                {
                    "score":  "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H",
                    "type":  "CVSS_V3"
                },
                {
                    "score":  "low",
                    "type":  "Ubuntu"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "id":  "CVE-2017-7544",
            "severity":  [
                {
                    "score":  "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H",
                    "type":  "CVSS_V3"
                },
                {
                    "score":  "low",
                    "type":  "Ubuntu"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "id":  "CVE-2019-9278",
            "severity":  [
                {
                    "score":  "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
                    "type":  "CVSS_V3"
                },
                {
                    "score":  "medium",
                    "type":  "Ubuntu"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "ecosystem":  "Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS"
}
source
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-4277-1.json"

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / libexif

Package

Name
libexif
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libexif?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.6.21-2ubuntu0.1

Affected versions

0.*
0.6.21-2

Ecosystem specific

{
    "availability":  "No subscription required",
    "binaries":  [
        {
            "binary_name":  "libexif12",
            "binary_version":  "0.6.21-2ubuntu0.1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

cves_map
{
    "cves":  [
        {
            "id":  "CVE-2016-6328",
            "severity":  [
                {
                    "score":  "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H",
                    "type":  "CVSS_V3"
                },
                {
                    "score":  "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:L",
                    "type":  "CVSS_V3"
                },
                {
                    "score":  "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H",
                    "type":  "CVSS_V3"
                },
                {
                    "score":  "low",
                    "type":  "Ubuntu"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "id":  "CVE-2017-7544",
            "severity":  [
                {
                    "score":  "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H",
                    "type":  "CVSS_V3"
                },
                {
                    "score":  "low",
                    "type":  "Ubuntu"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "id":  "CVE-2019-9278",
            "severity":  [
                {
                    "score":  "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
                    "type":  "CVSS_V3"
                },
                {
                    "score":  "medium",
                    "type":  "Ubuntu"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "ecosystem":  "Ubuntu:16.04:LTS"
}
source
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-4277-1.json"

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS / libexif

Package

Name
libexif
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libexif?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.6.21-4ubuntu0.1

Affected versions

0.*
0.6.21-2.1
0.6.21-4

Ecosystem specific

{
    "availability":  "No subscription required",
    "binaries":  [
        {
            "binary_name":  "libexif12",
            "binary_version":  "0.6.21-4ubuntu0.1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

cves_map
{
    "cves":  [
        {
            "id":  "CVE-2019-9278",
            "severity":  [
                {
                    "score":  "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
                    "type":  "CVSS_V3"
                },
                {
                    "score":  "medium",
                    "type":  "Ubuntu"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "ecosystem":  "Ubuntu:18.04:LTS"
}
source
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-4277-1.json"