CVE-2009-3895

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Summary

CVECVE-2009-3895
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2009-11-20 18:30:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionHeap-based buffer overflow in the exif_entry_fix function (aka the tag fixup routine) in libexif/exif-entry.c in libexif 0.6.18 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code via an invalid EXIF image. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.8 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-119 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Libexif Project Libexif 0.6.18 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
SourceForge.net: EXIF Tag Parsing Library: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sourceforge.net
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Vendor Advisory
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
www.osvdb.org/59956 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.osvdb.org
#557137 - libexif: CVE-2009-3895: heap buffer overflow when processing certain images - Debian Bug report logs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.debian.org
293190 – <media-libs/libexif-0.6.19: Heap-based buffer overflow (CVE-2009-3895) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.gentoo.org
SourceForge.net Repository - [libexif] Contents of /libexif/NEWS af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 libexif.cvs.sourceforge.net Patch
libexif "exif_entry_fix()" Buffer Overflow Vulnerability - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
libexif 'exif-entry.c' Tag Format Conversion Heap Buffer Overflow Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
oss-security - CVE assignment (libexif) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

OrganizationPublishedContributorStatement
Red Hat2009-11-23Tomas HogerNot vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of libexif as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4, or 5.

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 500288 Alpine Linux Security Update for libexif

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