ubuntu-cve-2023-50671
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2024-01-11 17:15
Modified
2026-05-20 15:02
Summary
Details
In exiftags 1.01, nikon_prop1 in nikon.c has a heap-based buffer overflow (write of size 28) because snprintf can write to an unexpected address.
Severity
7.8 (High)
7.8 (High)
N/A (UNKNOWN)
References
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{
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{
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}
]
},
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},
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}
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}
],
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]
},
{
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}
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},
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},
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},
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},
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{
"ecosystem_specific": {
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},
"package": {
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},
{
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},
"package": {
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],
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],
"aliases": [],
"details": "In exiftags 1.01, nikon_prop1 in nikon.c has a heap-based buffer overflow (write of size 28) because snprintf can write to an unexpected address.",
"id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2023-50671",
"modified": "2026-05-20T15:02:57Z",
"published": "2024-01-11T17:15:00Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-50671"
},
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://blog.yulun.ac.cn/posts/2023/fuzzing-exiftags/"
},
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://johnst.org/sw/exiftags/"
},
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-50671"
}
],
"related": [],
"schema_version": "1.7.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
},
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
},
{
"score": "medium",
"type": "Ubuntu"
}
],
"upstream": [
"CVE-2023-50671"
]
}
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