exif: Denial of Service

exif: Denial of Service A vulnerability has been discovered in exif which could result in denial of service. exif 2022-10-31 2022-10-31 783522 remote 0.6.22 0.6.22

libexif is a library for parsing, editing and saving Exif metadata from images. exif is a small command line interface for libexif.

There is a bug in exif's XML output format which can result in a null pointer dereference when outputting crafted JPEG EXIF data.

A crafted JPEG image can trigger a denial of service in the form of a null pointer dereference.

There is no known workaround at this time.

All exif users should upgrade to the latest version:


          # emerge --sync
          # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-gfx/exif-0.6.22"

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