CVE-2012-2814 (GCVE-0-2012-2814)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2012-07-13 10:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 19:42
VLAI
Summary
Buffer overflow in the exif_entry_format_value function in exif-entry.c in the EXIF Tag Parsing Library (aka libexif) 0.6.20 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted EXIF tags in an image.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
Chrome CNA under the Google root
CNA scorecard E 43/100 over 3343 records in the last 180 days details
References
URL Tags
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http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2559 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-annou… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
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http://secunia.com/advisories/49988 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1255.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security… x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1513-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-annou… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
Date Public
2012-07-12 00:00
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      "current_release_date": "2026-10-17T02:40:38Z",
      "cve": "CVE-2012-2814",
      "id": "CVE-2012-2814",
      "initial_release_date": "2023-02-15T05:46:45Z",
      "product_status:recommended": "146",
      "source": "SUSE CSAF VEX",
      "status": "interim",
      "title": "SUSE CVE CVE-2012-2814",
      "url": "https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf-vex/2023/cve-2012-2814.json",
      "version": "15"
    }
  }
}



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