FKIE_CVE-2012-2812
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2012-07-13 10:34 - Updated: 2026-06-16 23:42
Severity
Summary
The exif_entry_get_value 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.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| libexif_project | libexif | * | |
| libexif_project | libexif | 0.6.14 | |
| libexif_project | libexif | 0.6.15 | |
| libexif_project | libexif | 0.6.16 | |
| libexif_project | libexif | 0.6.18 | |
| libexif_project | libexif | 0.6.19 |
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