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CVE-2006-4168

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-4168 describes an integer overflow vulnerability in the exif_data_load_data_entry function within Libexif versions prior to 0.6.16. This flaw allows remote attackers to trigger a heap-based buffer overflow by providing an image containing numerous EXIF components, impacting applications utilizing Libexif. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.8, indicating a medium severity. It can be exploited remotely with medium attack complexity and could lead to a denial of service (application crash) or potentially arbitrary code execution, compromising confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, and no public exploit code is available through Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB. Furthermore, the vulnerability has received minimal community discussion and media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
0.6.9CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:libexif:libexif:0.6.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.6.11CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:libexif:libexif:0.6.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.6.12CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:libexif:libexif:0.6.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.6.13CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:libexif:libexif:0.6.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.6.14CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:libexif:libexif:0.6.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.8MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
4.30%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
90.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0430 is in the 87th percentile among its peer group of 19,958 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: libexif-0:0.5.12-5.1.0.2
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: libexif-0:0.6.13-4.0.2.el5
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2006-4168Moderate

libexif integer overflow

Jun 13, 2007

References

labs.idefense.com / intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php
PatchVendor Advisory
osvdb.org / 35379
secunia.com / advisories/25642
PatchVendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/25645
secunia.com / advisories/25674
secunia.com / advisories/25717
secunia.com / advisories/25746
secunia.com / advisories/25768
secunia.com / advisories/25820
secunia.com / advisories/25842
secunia.com / advisories/25932
secunia.com / advisories/26083
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-200706-09.xml
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/34851
issues.rpath.com / browse/RPL-1482
sourceforge.net / project/shownotes.php
Patch
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9349
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2007-0501.html
debian.org / security/2007/dsa-1310
mandriva.com / security/advisories
novell.com / linux/security/advisories/2007_14_sr.html
novell.com / linux/security/advisories/2007_39_libexif.html
securityfocus.com / archive/1/472046/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/24461
securitytracker.com / id
ubuntu.com / usn/usn-478-1
vupen.com / english/advisories/2007/2165