Bug 2457747

Summary: CVE-2026-40385 libexif: libexif: Information disclosure and crashes via integer overflow in Nikon MakerNote handling [fedora-all]
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Sandipan Roy <saroy>
Component: libexifAssignee: Yaakov Selkowitz <yselkowi>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
Severity: medium Docs Contact:
Priority: medium    
Version: rawhideCC: ajax, awilliam, rhbugs, rstrode, yselkowi
Target Milestone: ---Keywords: Reopened, Security, SecurityTracking
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Hardware: Unspecified   
OS: Unspecified   
Whiteboard: {"flaws": ["bea0736d-81cf-49f9-8d9e-b2a167beae69"]} AcceptedFreezeException
Fixed In Version: libexif-0.6.26-1.fc43 libexif-0.6.26-1.fc44 Doc Type: ---
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Last Closed: 2026-04-24 05:56:04 UTC Type: ---
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Bug Blocks: 2457687, 2362360    

Description Sandipan Roy 2026-04-13 05:39:06 UTC
Disclaimer: Community trackers are created by Red Hat Product Security team on a best effort basis. Package maintainers are required to ascertain if the flaw indeed affects their package, before starting the update process.

Comment 1 Fedora Update System 2026-04-14 20:04:41 UTC
FEDORA-2026-b01307dc4d (libexif-0.6.26-1.fc42) has been submitted as an update to Fedora 42.
https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2026-b01307dc4d

Comment 2 Fedora Update System 2026-04-14 20:04:49 UTC
FEDORA-2026-fd361a6f7f (libexif-0.6.26-1.fc44) has been submitted as an update to Fedora 44.
https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2026-fd361a6f7f

Comment 3 Fedora Update System 2026-04-14 20:04:55 UTC
FEDORA-2026-78adb25141 (libexif-0.6.26-1.fc43) has been submitted as an update to Fedora 43.
https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2026-78adb25141

Comment 4 Fedora Update System 2026-04-15 00:54:24 UTC
FEDORA-2026-78adb25141 has been pushed to the Fedora 43 testing repository.
Soon you'll be able to install the update with the following command:
`sudo dnf upgrade --enablerepo=updates-testing --refresh --advisory=FEDORA-2026-78adb25141`
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2026-78adb25141

See also https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for more information on how to test updates.

Comment 5 Fedora Update System 2026-04-15 01:11:51 UTC
FEDORA-2026-fd361a6f7f has been pushed to the Fedora 44 testing repository.
Soon you'll be able to install the update with the following command:
`sudo dnf upgrade --enablerepo=updates-testing --refresh --advisory=FEDORA-2026-fd361a6f7f`
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2026-fd361a6f7f

See also https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for more information on how to test updates.

Comment 6 Fedora Update System 2026-04-15 01:34:15 UTC
FEDORA-2026-b01307dc4d has been pushed to the Fedora 42 testing repository.
Soon you'll be able to install the update with the following command:
`sudo dnf upgrade --enablerepo=updates-testing --refresh --advisory=FEDORA-2026-b01307dc4d`
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2026-b01307dc4d

See also https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for more information on how to test updates.

Comment 7 Fedora Blocker Bugs Application 2026-04-16 20:14:51 UTC
Proposed as a Freeze Exception for 44-final by Fedora user yselkowitz using the blocker tracking app because:

 CVE in critical path package

Comment 8 Fedora Update System 2026-04-17 00:54:19 UTC
FEDORA-2026-78adb25141 (libexif-0.6.26-1.fc43) has been pushed to the Fedora 43 stable repository.
If problem still persists, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 9 Adam Williamson (Red Hat non-Fedora) 2026-04-17 18:04:42 UTC
+3 FE in https://pagure.io/fedora-qa/blocker-review/issue/2114 , marking accepted.

Comment 10 Fedora Update System 2026-04-24 05:56:04 UTC
FEDORA-2026-fd361a6f7f (libexif-0.6.26-1.fc44) has been pushed to the Fedora 44 stable repository.
If problem still persists, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 11 Fedora Update System 2026-04-30 01:29:34 UTC
FEDORA-2026-b01307dc4d (libexif-0.6.26-1.fc42) has been pushed to the Fedora 42 stable repository.
If problem still persists, please make note of it in this bug report.