CVE-2012-2840
N/A
Published: July 13, 2012 at 10:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:42 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLibexif
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 5%
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.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (7)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-07/msg00015.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Source: [email protected]
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1255.htmlMailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=29534027Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
Source: [email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2559Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-189
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