CVE-2007-2645

Exp

Integer overflow in the exif_data_load_data_entry function in exif-data.c in libexif before 0.6.14 allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted EXIF data, involving the (1) doff or (2) s variable.

Published: 2007-05-14 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2007-2645 is rated High Exploit Risk (80.7/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 13.06%, 96th percentile). Core evidence: 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2007-2645

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
30024 exploit_db edb 2007-05-11 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2007-2645

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 32.09% 13.06% -19.03%
2 2026-04-16 31.55% 32.09% +0.54%
3 2026-01-27 31.55%

Full EPSS history (15 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2007-2645

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
9.3 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
8.6 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2007-2645

OS Trackers for CVE-2007-2645

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2007-2645 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (libexif), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2007-2645
gentoo normal CVE-2007-2645: 1 GLSA(s) (200706-01), 1 atom(s) (media-libs/libexif); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2007-2645
redhat https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2007-2645
ubuntu medium CVE-2007-2645 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (libexif), 4 status rows across 4 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, upstream): released 3, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2007-2645

Vendor comments (NVD) for CVE-2007-2645

  • Red Hat (2007-05-24T00:00:00)

    Red Hat does not consider this flaw to have security consequences. For more details please see the following: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=240055

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2007-2645

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
libexif libexif 0.5 cpe:2.3:a:libexif:libexif:0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
libexif libexif 0.5.12 cpe:2.3:a:libexif:libexif:0.5.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
libexif libexif 0.6.9 cpe:2.3:a:libexif:libexif:0.6.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
libexif libexif 0.6.11 cpe:2.3:a:libexif:libexif:0.6.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
libexif libexif 0.6.12 cpe:2.3:a:libexif:libexif:0.6.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
libexif libexif 0.6.13 cpe:2.3:a:libexif:libexif:0.6.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2007-2645

URL Tags
http://osvdb.org/35978
http://secunia.com/advisories/25235 Patch Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25540
http://secunia.com/advisories/25569
http://secunia.com/advisories/25599
http://secunia.com/advisories/25621
http://secunia.com/advisories/25932
http://secunia.com/advisories/26083
http://secunia.com/advisories/28776
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200706-01.xml
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=507447 Patch
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1716196&group_id=12272&atid=112272
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1487
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:118
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_14_sr.html
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_39_libexif.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/470502/100/100/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23927 Exploit Patch
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-471-1
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1761
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34233
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1431
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