CVEvulnerability
CVE-2009-3895
6.8 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2009-11-20
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 6.8 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in the exif_entry_fix function (aka the tag fixup routine) in libexif/exif-entry.c in libexif 0.6.18 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code via an invalid EXIF image. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
Affected configurations
• libexif project libexif 0.6.18
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer weakness
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/557137 bugs.debian.org
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=293190 bugs.gentoo.org
- http://libexif.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/libexif/libexif/NEWS?view=markup&pathrev=libexif-0_6_19-release Patch
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37378 Vendor Advisory
- http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_name=20091113072359.GA22681%40coneharvesters.com sourceforge.net
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/11/19/2 www.openwall.com
- http://www.osvdb.org/59956 www.osvdb.org
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37022 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3243 Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54275 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- http://bugs.debian.org/557137 bugs.debian.org
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=293190 bugs.gentoo.org
- http://libexif.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/libexif/libexif/NEWS?view=markup&pathrev=libexif-0_6_19-release Patch
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37378 Vendor Advisory
- http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_name=20091113072359.GA22681%40coneharvesters.com sourceforge.net
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/11/19/2 www.openwall.com
- http://www.osvdb.org/59956 www.osvdb.org
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37022 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3243 Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54275 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com