CVE-2009-3895 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in Project Libexif

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer6 documents6 sources
Severity
6.8MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
3.8%
top 11.92%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
Libexif Project Libexif
Timeline
PublishedNov 20
Latest updateMay 2

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the exif_entry_fix function (aka the tag fixup routine) in libexif/exif-entry.c in libexif 0.6.18 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code via an invalid EXIF image. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:M/C:P/I:P/A:PExploitability: 8.6 | Impact: 6.4

Affected Packages2 packages

▶Debianlibexif_project/libexif< 0.6.19-1+3

Patches

Patch: libexif.cvs.sourceforge.net ↗Patch: libexif.cvs.sourceforge.net ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

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GHSA
GHSA-v836-r6h4-7334: Heap-based buffer overflow in the exif_entry_fix function (aka the tag fixup routine) in libexif/exif-entry↗2022-05-02
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OSV
CVE-2009-3895: Heap-based buffer overflow in the exif_entry_fix function (aka the tag fixup routine) in libexif/exif-entry↗2009-11-20
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CVEList
CVE-2009-3895: Heap-based buffer overflow in the exif_entry_fix function (aka the tag fixup routine) in libexif/exif-entry↗2009-11-20
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📋Vendor Advisories

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Debian
CVE-2009-3895: libexif - Heap-based buffer overflow in the exif_entry_fix function (aka the tag fixup rou...↗2009
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Red Hat
CVE-2009-3895: Heap-based buffer overflow in the exif_entry_fix function (aka the tag fixup routine) in libexif/exif-entry↗
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CVE-2009-3895 — Libexif Project Libexif vulnerability | cvebase