CVE-2012-2837

critical

Description

The mnote_olympus_entry_get_value function in olympus/mnote-olympus-entry.c in the EXIF Tag Parsing Library (aka libexif) before 0.6.21 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error) via an image with crafted EXIF tags that are not properly handled during the formatting of EXIF maker note tags.

References

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1513-1

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54437

http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2559

http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=29534027

http://secunia.com/advisories/49988

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1255.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-07/msg00015.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-07/msg00014.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2012-07-13

Updated: 2023-11-07

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical