Out-of-Bounds Affecting libexif-devel package, versions <0:0.6.21-5.el6_3


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
10.13% (95th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL6-LIBEXIFDEVEL-1445672
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed12 Jul 2012

Introduced: 12 Jul 2012

CVE-2012-2814  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:6 libexif-devel to version 0:0.6.21-5.el6_3 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2012:1255.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libexif-devel package and not the libexif-devel package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:6 relevant fixed versions and status.

Buffer overflow in the exif_entry_format_value function in exif-entry.c in the EXIF Tag Parsing Library (aka libexif) 0.6.20 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted EXIF tags in an image.

CVSS Scores

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