CVE-2012-2836 — 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 Buffer10 documents8 sources
Severity
6.4MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
2.4%
top 15.03%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
Libexif Project Libexif
Timeline
PublishedJul 13
Latest updateMay 13

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.

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:L/C:P/I:N/A:PExploitability: 10.0 | Impact: 4.9

Affected Packages2 packages

▶Debianlibexif_project/libexif< 0.6.20-3+3

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-g3xm-ccpr-wfpc: The exif_data_load_data function in exif-data↗2022-05-13
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OSV
CVE-2012-2836: The exif_data_load_data function in exif-data↗2012-07-13
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CVEList
CVE-2012-2836: The exif_data_load_data function in exif-data↗2012-07-13
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📋Vendor Advisories

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Ubuntu
libexif vulnerabilities↗2012-07-23
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Red Hat
libexif: "exif_data_load_data()" heap-based out-of-bounds array read↗2012-07-12
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Debian
CVE-2012-2836: libexif - The exif_data_load_data function in exif-data.c in the EXIF Tag Parsing Library ...↗2012
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💬Community

3
Bugzilla
CVE-2012-2813 CVE-2012-2814 CVE-2012-2836 CVE-2012-2837 CVE-2012-2840 CVE-2012-2841 CVE-2012-2812 libexif various flaws [fedora-all]↗2012-07-13
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Bugzilla
CVE-2012-2836 libexif: "exif_data_load_data()" heap-based out-of-bounds array read↗2012-07-11
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Bugzilla
libexif security vulnerabilities↗2012-07-05
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CVE-2012-2836 — Libexif Project Libexif vulnerability | cvebase