CVE-2012-2812

The exif_entry_get_value 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 (out-of-bounds read) or possibly obtain sensitive information from process memory via crafted EXIF tags in an image.

Score

CVSS 2.0 6.4 Medium

Status

Modified - chrome-cve-admin@google.com

Published

2012-07-13

Last modified

2024-08-06

Weaknesses

CWE-119

Affected products

• Libexif (Libexif Project)

References

• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-07/msg00014.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-07/msg00015.html
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1255.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/49988
• http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=29534027
• http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2559
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54437
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1513-1