CVE-2021-27815

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CVE-2021-27815

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Upstream information

CVE-2021-27815 at MITRE

Description

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.

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SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Does not affect SUSE products

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v2 Scores

	National Vulnerability Database
Base Score	4.3
Vector	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector	Network
Access Complexity	Medium
Authentication	None
Confidentiality Impact	None
Integrity Impact	None
Availability Impact	Partial

CVSS v3 Scores

	National Vulnerability Database	SUSE
Base Score	5.5	5.5
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector	Local	Local
Attack Complexity	Low	Low
Privileges Required	None	None
User Interaction	Required	Required
Scope	Unchanged	Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact	None	None
Integrity Impact	None	None
Availability Impact	High	High
CVSSv3 Version	3.1	3.1

SUSE Bugzilla entry: 1189397 [RESOLVED / WONTFIX]

No SUSE Security Announcements cross referenced.

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SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Wed Apr 14 21:09:16 2021
CVE page last modified: Thu Aug 1 17:34:27 2024