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CVE-2019-9278

23
FAUCET Score

CVE-2019-9278 is an out-of-bounds write vulnerability in libexif, caused by an integer overflow, affecting Android 10 and various Linux distributions including Debian and Fedora. This high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 8.8) allows for remote escalation of privilege within the media content provider, requiring user interaction for exploitation. While the FAUCET Risk Score is 75/100, there is currently no public exploit code available, nor is there evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
10.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:google:android:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
15.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
31CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:31:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
32CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

8.8HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
4.06%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
89.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0406 is in the 89th percentile among its peer group of 14,875 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (4)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: libexif-0:0.6.22-1.el7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: libexif-0:0.6.22-4.el8
View patch
googlevendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2019-9278Moderate

libexif: out of bounds write in exif-data.c

Dec 1, 2019

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00000.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2020-06/msg00017.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
github.com / libexif/libexif/commit/75aa73267fdb1e0ebfbc00369e7312bac43d0566
PatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / libexif/libexif/issues/26
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2020/02/msg00007.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MO2VTHD7OLPJDCJBHKUQTBAHZOBBCF6X
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VA5BPQLOFXIZOOJHBYDU635Z5KLUMTDD
seclists.org / bugtraq/2020/Feb/9
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/202007-05
Third Party Advisory
source.android.com / security/bulletin/android-10
Vendor Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com / 4277-1
Third Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2020/dsa-4618
Third Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2019/10/25/17
Mailing List
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2019/10/27/1
Mailing List
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2019/11/07/1
Mailing List