Debian 11.0 libexif Severe Memory Leak Vulnerability 2026-105-02
slackware
April 14, 2026
New libexif packages are available for Slackware 15.0 and -current to fix security issues.
Summary
Here are the details from the Slackware 15.0 ChangeLog: patches/packages/libexif-0.6.26-i586-1_slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes security issues: An unsigned integer underflow in Fuji and Olympus makernote handling. An unsigned integer overflow on 32bit systems in Nikon makernote handling. A buffer overwrite via integer underflow in makernote handling. For more information, see: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-40386 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-40385 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-32775 (* Security fix *)
Where Find New Packages
Thanks to the friendly folks at the OSU Open Source Lab
(http://osuosl.org) for donating FTP and rsync hosting
to the Slackware project! :-)
Also see the "Get Slack" section on http://www.slackware.com/ for
additional mirror sites near you.
Updated package for Slackware 15.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-15.0/patches/packages/libexif-0.6.26-i586-1_slack15.0.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 15.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-15.0/patches/packages/libexif-0.6.26-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz
Updated package for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/l/libexif-0.6.26-i686-1.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/l/libexif-0.6.26-x86_64-1.txz
MD5 Signatures
Slackware 15.0 package:
7c5c034a4800c3cb6ad1bfaa3c8725d8 libexif-0.6.26-i586-1_slack15.0.txz
Slackware x86_64 15.0 package:
567537407dde6e35dd1c47932007f210 libexif-0.6.26-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz
Slackware -current package:
1457b6ebd9ce3395682c9d221b19d46a l/libexif-0.6.26-i686-1.txz
Slackware x86_64 -current package:
dc4b8f4b93e3e1d1155116e201b254c5 l/libexif-0.6.26-x86_64-1.txz
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Installation Instructions
Installation instructions: Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg libexif-0.6.26-i586-1_slack15.0.txz
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