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CVE-2012-2836

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-119 Buffer Errors
Publication date:
13/07/2012
Last modified:
11/04/2025

Description

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.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 6.40 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Physical
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): Physical

Base Score 2.0
6.40
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:libexif_project:libexif:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0.6.20 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:libexif_project:libexif:0.6.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:libexif_project:libexif:0.6.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:libexif_project:libexif:0.6.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:libexif_project:libexif:0.6.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:libexif_project:libexif:0.6.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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