CVE-2012-2841

critical

Description

Integer underflow in the exif_entry_get_value function in exif-entry.c in the EXIF Tag Parsing Library (aka libexif) 0.6.20 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors involving a crafted buffer-size parameter during the formatting of an EXIF tag, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow.

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: 7.5

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

Severity: High

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