CVE-2012-2840
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2012-2840 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLIC |
| Assigner | [email protected] |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2012-07-13 10:34:00 UTC |
| Updated | 2023-11-07 02:11:00 UTC |
| Description | Off-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
Problem Types: CWE-189
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE.
Legacy QID Mappings
- 500289 Alpine Linux Security Update for libexif