Numeric Errors Affecting libexif package, versions <0.6.20-2ubuntu0.1


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
9.12% (95th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1204-LIBEXIF-325983
  • published13 Jul 2012
  • disclosed13 Jul 2012

Introduced: 13 Jul 2012

CVE-2012-2840  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-189  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:12.04 libexif to version 0.6.20-2ubuntu0.1 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 Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:12.04 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.

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