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CVE-2012-2841

Published: Jul 13, 2012 | Modified: Nov 07, 2023
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
5.1 MODERATE
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-2841
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/189.html

Integer 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.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Libexif Libexif_project 0.6.20 (including) 0.6.20 (including)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 RedHat libexif-0:0.6.21-1.el5_8 *
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 RedHat libexif-0:0.6.21-5.el6_3 *
Libexif Ubuntu hardy *
Libexif Ubuntu lucid *
Libexif Ubuntu natty *
Libexif Ubuntu oneiric *
Libexif Ubuntu precise *
Libexif Ubuntu upstream *

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