CVE-2016-6328

HIGH

libexif < 0.6.22 - Integer Overflow in MNOTE Entry Parsing

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2016-6328. PoCs published by Pazhanivelmani.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This repository contains a functional exploit PoC for CVE-2016-6328, a vulnerability in libexif. The code includes examples and utilities to manipulate EXIF data, demonstrating the flaw in parsing and handling EXIF metadata.

Description

A vulnerability was found in libexif. An integer overflow when parsing the MNOTE entry data of the input file. This can cause Denial-of-Service (DoS) and Information Disclosure (disclosing some critical heap chunk metadata, even other applications' private data).

Exploits (1)

nomisec WORKING POC
by Pazhanivelmani · poc
https://github.com/Pazhanivelmani/libexif_Android10_r33_CVE-2016-6328

This repository contains a functional exploit PoC for CVE-2016-6328, a vulnerability in libexif. The code includes examples and utilities to manipulate EXIF data, demonstrating the flaw in parsing and handling EXIF metadata.

Classification
Working Poc 90%
Attack Type
Dos
Complexity
Moderate
Reliability
Reliable
Target: libexif (versions affected by CVE-2016-6328)
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Access to a system with vulnerable libexif · Ability to provide malformed EXIF data
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 18, 2026 Full analysis →

References (5)

Core 5
Core References
Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-6328
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4277-1/
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/05/msg00016.html
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-06/msg00017.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-05

Scores

CVSS v3 8.1
EPSS 0.0152
EPSS Percentile 71.5%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-190
Status published
Products (7)
canonical/ubuntu_linux 12.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 14.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 16.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 18.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 19.10
debian/debian_linux 8.0
libexif_project/libexif < 0.6.22
Published Oct 31, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026