CVEvulnerability

CVE-2012-2836

6.4 MEDIUM Published 2012-07-13 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2012-07-13
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
6.4 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-119

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.

Affected configurations

• libexif project libexif (<= 0.6.20) • libexif project libexif 0.6.14 • libexif project libexif 0.6.15 • libexif project libexif 0.6.16 • libexif project libexif 0.6.18 • libexif project libexif 0.6.19

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer weakness

References