CVE-2012-2840

high

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.

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

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2012-07-13

Updated: 2024-11-21

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

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

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.8

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

Severity: High