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CVE-2012-2840

Published: Jul 13, 2012 | Modified: Apr 11, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
7.5 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
6.8 MODERATE
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
LOW
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-2840
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/189.html

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.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
LibexifLibexif_project*0.6.20 (including)
LibexifLibexif_project0.6.14 (including)0.6.14 (including)
LibexifLibexif_project0.6.15 (including)0.6.15 (including)
LibexifLibexif_project0.6.16 (including)0.6.16 (including)
LibexifLibexif_project0.6.18 (including)0.6.18 (including)
LibexifLibexif_project0.6.19 (including)0.6.19 (including)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5RedHatlibexif-0:0.6.21-1.el5_8*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6RedHatlibexif-0:0.6.21-5.el6_3*
LibexifUbuntuhardy*
LibexifUbuntulucid*
LibexifUbuntunatty*
LibexifUbuntuoneiric*
LibexifUbuntuprecise*
LibexifUbuntuupstream*

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