CVE-2012-2841 (GCVE-0-2012-2841)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2012-07-13 10:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 19:42
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
8 references
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|---|---|
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54437 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID |
| http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2559 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN |
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-annou… | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE |
| http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?ms… | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
| 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.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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