SUSE SLES12 Security Update : libexif (SUSE-SU-2026:2838-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 326420

Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES12 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2026:2838-1 advisory.

This update for libexif fixes the following issues

- CVE-2026-40385: Fixed information disclosure and crashes via integer overflow in Nikon MakerNote handling (bsc#1262000)
- CVE-2026-40386: Fixed denial of service and information disclosure via integer underflow in MakerNote decoding (bsc#1262001)
- CVE-2026-32775: Fixed Buffer overwrite via integer underflow in MakerNotes decoding (bsc#1259755)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected libexif-devel, libexif12 and / or libexif12-32bit packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 326420

File Name: suse_SU-2026-2838-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 7/12/2026

Updated: 7/12/2026

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.53

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-32775

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libexif12, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libexif-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libexif12-32bit

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/10/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/16/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-32775, CVE-2026-40385, CVE-2026-40386

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2026:2838-1

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