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CVE-2012-2840

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-189 Numeric Errors
Publication date:
13/07/2012
Last modified:
11/04/2025

Description

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.

Impact

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

Base Score: 7.50 HIGH
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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

Base Score 2.0
7.50
Severity 2.0
HIGH

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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