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CVE-2012-2836

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.

Risk Information

Base Score
7.1
MODERATE
Vector
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H
EPSS Score
Exploitation Probability
2.368

Associated Vulnerability

VulnerabilityOS Platform
library to parse EXIF files (USN-1513-1) libexif12_0.6.20-2ubuntu0.1_i386.debLinux
library to parse EXIF files (USN-1513-1) libexif12_0.6.20-2ubuntu0.1_amd64.debLinux
Libexif update (CESA-2012:1255) libexif-0.6.21-5.el6_3.i686.rpmLinux
Libexif update (CESA-2012:1255) libexif-0.6.21-5.el6_3.x86_64.rpmLinux
Libexif update (CESA-2012:1255) libexif-devel-0.6.21-5.el6_3.i686.rpmLinux
Libexif update (CESA-2012:1255) libexif-devel-0.6.21-5.el6_3.x86_64.rpmLinux
(RHSA-2012:1255) Moderate: libexif security update libexif-0.6.21-1.el5_8.i386.rpmLinux
(RHSA-2012:1255) Moderate: libexif security update libexif-0.6.21-1.el5_8.x86_64.rpmLinux
(RHSA-2012:1255) Moderate: libexif security update libexif-0.6.21-5.el6_3.i686.rpmLinux
(RHSA-2012:1255) Moderate: libexif security update libexif-0.6.21-5.el6_3.x86_64.rpmLinux
(RHSA-2012:1255) Moderate: libexif security update libexif-devel-0.6.21-1.el5_8.i386.rpmLinux
(RHSA-2012:1255) Moderate: libexif security update libexif-devel-0.6.21-1.el5_8.x86_64.rpmLinux
(RHSA-2012:1255) Moderate: libexif security update libexif-devel-0.6.21-5.el6_3.i686.rpmLinux
(RHSA-2012:1255) Moderate: libexif security update libexif-devel-0.6.21-5.el6_3.x86_64.rpmLinux

Patch Details

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References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1234
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-1234