CVE-2021-27815 (GCVE-0-2021-27815)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-04-14 00:00 – Updated: 2024-08-03 21:33
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Summary
NULL Pointer Deference in the exif command line tool, when printing out XML formatted EXIF data, in exif v0.6.22 and earlier allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) by uploading a malicious JPEG file, causing the application to crash.
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