CVE-2012-2841

Summary

CVECVE-2012-2841
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-07-13 10:34:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 02:11:00 UTC
DescriptionInteger underflow in the exif_entry_get_value function in exif-entry.c in the EXIF Tag Parsing Library (aka libexif) 0.6.20 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors involving a crafted buffer-size parameter during the formatting of an EXIF tag, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-189

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Libexif Project Libexif 0.6.20 All All All
Application Libexif Project Libexif 0.6.20 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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