CVE-2009-3895

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Summary

CVECVE-2009-3895
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2009-11-20 18:30:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 02:04:00 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

Problem Types: CWE-119

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Libexif Project Libexif 0.6.18 All All All
Application Libexif Project Libexif 0.6.18 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com Vendor Advisory
59956 OSVDB www.osvdb.org
libexif 'exif-entry.c' Tag Format Conversion Heap Buffer Overflow Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
293190 – <media-libs/libexif-0.6.19: Heap-based buffer overflow (CVE-2009-3895) CONFIRM bugs.gentoo.org
libexif "exif_entry_fix()" Buffer Overflow Vulnerability - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
oss-security - CVE assignment (libexif) MLIST www.openwall.com
SourceForge.net Repository - [libexif] Contents of /libexif/NEWS CONFIRM libexif.cvs.sourceforge.net Patch
SourceForge.net: EXIF Tag Parsing Library: MLIST sourceforge.net
#557137 - libexif: CVE-2009-3895: heap buffer overflow when processing certain images - Debian Bug report logs CONFIRM bugs.debian.org
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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