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CVE-2012-2840

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CVE-2012-2840

Published: Jul 13, 2012

Modified: Aug 6, 2024

PUBLISHED

Description

Off-by-one error in 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 or possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted EXIF tags in an image.

VendorProductVersions

n/a

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affected
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References

54437
vdb-entry
x_refsource_BID
DSA-2559
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_DEBIAN
SUSE-SU-2012:0903
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_SUSE
49988
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
RHSA-2012:1255
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
USN-1513-1
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU

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