CVE-2007-6355

Integer overflow in exiftags before 1.01 has unknown impact and attack vectors, resulting from a "field offset overflow" that triggers an "illegal memory access," a different vulnerability than CVE-2007-6354.

Published: 2007-12-18 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2007-6355 is rated High Risk (68.8/100): CVSS Critical severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.12%). Mandatory action: High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.

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

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2007-6355

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 1.15% 2.12% +0.97%
2 2026-01-12 1.01% 1.15% +0.14%
3 2025-03-30 1.01%

Full EPSS history (11 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2007-6355

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
10.0 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/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:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
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.
10.0 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2007-6355

OS Trackers for CVE-2007-6355

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2007-6355 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (exiftags), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2007-6355
gentoo normal CVE-2007-6355: 1 GLSA(s) (200712-17), 1 atom(s) (media-gfx/exiftags); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2007-6355
ubuntu medium CVE-2007-6355 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (exiftags), 9 status rows across 9 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, gutsy, hardy, intrepid, jaunty, karmic, upstream): ignored 4, not-affected 4, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2007-6355

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2007-6355

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
aertherwide exiftags <= 1.00 cpe:2.3:a:aertherwide:exiftags:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
aertherwide exiftags 0.80 cpe:2.3:a:aertherwide:exiftags:0.80:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
aertherwide exiftags 0.90 cpe:2.3:a:aertherwide:exiftags:0.90:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
aertherwide exiftags 0.91 cpe:2.3:a:aertherwide:exiftags:0.91:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
aertherwide exiftags 0.92 cpe:2.3:a:aertherwide:exiftags:0.92:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
aertherwide exiftags 0.93 cpe:2.3:a:aertherwide:exiftags:0.93:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
aertherwide exiftags 0.94 cpe:2.3:a:aertherwide:exiftags:0.94:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
aertherwide exiftags 0.95 cpe:2.3:a:aertherwide:exiftags:0.95:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
aertherwide exiftags 0.96 cpe:2.3:a:aertherwide:exiftags:0.96:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
aertherwide exiftags 0.97 cpe:2.3:a:aertherwide:exiftags:0.97:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
aertherwide exiftags 0.98 cpe:2.3:a:aertherwide:exiftags:0.98:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
aertherwide exiftags 0.99 cpe:2.3:a:aertherwide:exiftags:0.99:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2007-6355

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