CVE-2012-2812

Summary

CVECVE-2012-2812
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-07-13 10:34:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 02:10:00 UTC
DescriptionThe exif_entry_get_value function in exif-entry.c in the EXIF Tag Parsing Library (aka libexif) before 0.6.21 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) or possibly obtain sensitive information from process memory via crafted EXIF tags in an image.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-119

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Libexif Project Libexif 0.6.14 All All All
Application Libexif Project Libexif 0.6.15 All All All
Application Libexif Project Libexif 0.6.16 All All All
Application Libexif Project Libexif 0.6.18 All All All
Application Libexif Project Libexif 0.6.19 All All All
Application Libexif Project Libexif All All All All
Application Libexif Project Libexif 0.6.14 All All All
Application Libexif Project Libexif 0.6.15 All All All
Application Libexif Project Libexif 0.6.16 All All All
Application Libexif Project Libexif 0.6.18 All All All
Application Libexif Project Libexif 0.6.19 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2012:0902-1: important: Security update for lists.opensuse.org
About Secunia Research | Flexera secunia.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2559-1 libexif DEBIAN www.debian.org
libexif Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities BID www.securityfocus.com
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2012:0903-1: important: Security update for SUSE lists.opensuse.org
USN-1513-1: libexif vulnerabilities | Ubuntu www.ubuntu.com
SourceForge.net: EXIF Tag Parsing Library: sourceforge.net
Red Hat Customer Portal rhn.redhat.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 500289 Alpine Linux Security Update for libexif
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