Vulnerability CVE-2009-3895
Published: 2009-11-20   Modified: 2012-02-13

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.

Type:

CWE-119

 (Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
6.8/10
6.4/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
Curtis galloway -> Libexif 

 References:
http://libexif.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/libexif/libexif/NEWS?view=markup&pathrev=libexif-0_6_19-release
http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/54275
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3243
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37022
http://www.osvdb.org/59956
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/11/19/2
http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_name=20091113072359.GA22681%40coneharvesters.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/37378
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=293190
http://bugs.debian.org/557137
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