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CVE-2012-2813 (GCVE-0-2012-2813)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2012-07-13 10:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 19:42
VLAI
Summary
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 (out-of-bounds read) or possibly obtain sensitive information from process memory via crafted EXIF tags in an image.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54437 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2559 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-annou… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?ms… mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://secunia.com/advisories/49988 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1255.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1513-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
Date Public
2012-07-12 00:00
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