CVE-2012-2840

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Summary

CVECVE-2012-2840
StatePUBLISHED
AssignerChrome
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-07-13 10:34:59 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionOff-by-one error in the exif_convert_utf16_to_utf8 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 or possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted EXIF tags in an image.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.5 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-189 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

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

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
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2559-1 libexif af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
libexif Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2012:0903-1: important: Security update for af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
USN-1513-1: libexif vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
About Secunia Research | Flexera af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
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Legacy QID Mappings

  • 500289 Alpine Linux Security Update for libexif
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