Vulnerability CVE-2012-2812
Published: 2012-07-13   Modified: 2012-07-17

Description:
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.

See advisories in our WLB2 database:
Topic
Author
Date
Med.
Libexif 0.6.20 Overflows and Denial Of Service
Mateusz Jurczyk
17.07.2012

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

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
6.4/10
4.9/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
None
Partial
Affected software
Curtis galloway -> Libexif 

 References:
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-07/msg00014.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-07/msg00015.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1255.html
http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=29534027
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2559
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54437
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1513-1
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