CVE-2008-2696

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Summary

CVECVE-2008-2696
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-06-13 19:41:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionExiv2 0.16 allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero and application crash) via a zero value in Nikon lens information in the metadata of an image, related to "pretty printing" and the RationalValue::toLong function.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.3 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-189 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Exiv2 Exiv2 0.16 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
USN-655-1: exiv2 vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Exiv2 Nicon Lens Information Printing Denial of Service - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Ubuntu update for exiv2 - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
Bug 524715 – core dump on image rotated by Kipi plugin af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.gnome.org Exploit
[security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report: SUSE-SR:2008:023 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
0000546: Exiv2 crashes while converting Nikon lens information for pretty printing - Issue Tracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 dev.robotbattle.com
Exiv2 - Image metadata library and tools af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.exiv2.org
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2008:119 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
Exiv2 Pretty Printing for Nikon Lens Metadata Denial of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
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