CVE-2012-2836

The exif_data_load_data function in exif-data.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.

Published: Jul 13, 2012
Updated: Apr 13, 2023
CVE: CVE-2012-2836
Severity: Medium
Exploit:

CVSS v2:

Severity: Medium
Score: 6.4
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P

CWEs:

CWE-119

Affected Software
References

Software	From	Fixed in
libexif_project / libexif	0.6.14	0.6.14.x
libexif_project / libexif	0.6.15	0.6.15.x
libexif_project / libexif	0.6.16	0.6.16.x
libexif_project / libexif	0.6.18	0.6.18.x
libexif_project / libexif	0.6.19	0.6.19.x
libexif_project / libexif	-	0.6.20.x

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

Vulnerability Database

CVE-2012-2836