Out-of-Bounds Affecting libexif package, versions <0.6.21-r0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
3.3% (92nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALPINE316-LIBEXIF-2844925
  • published21 Jul 2020
  • disclosed13 Jul 2012

Introduced: 13 Jul 2012

CVE-2012-2836  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Alpine:3.16 libexif to version 0.6.21-r0 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libexif package and not the libexif package as distributed by Alpine. See How to fix? for Alpine:3.16 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Scores

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