Numeric Errors Affecting libexif package, versions <0.6.20-3
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN9-LIBEXIF-325981
- published 13 Jul 2012
- disclosed 13 Jul 2012
Introduced: 13 Jul 2012
CVE-2012-2840 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Debian:9 libexif to version 0.6.20-3 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 Debian.
See How to fix? for Debian:9 relevant fixed versions and status.
Off-by-one error in the exif_convert_utf16_to_utf8 function in exif-entry.c in the EXIF Tag Parsing Library (aka libexif) before 0.6.21 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted EXIF tags in an image.
References
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2559
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-2840
- http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=29534027
- 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://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54437
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2012-2840
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1513-1
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