CVE-2012-2840

NameCVE-2012-2840
DescriptionOff-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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDSA-2559-1
Debian Bugs681454

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
libexif (PTS)bullseye0.6.22-3fixed
bookworm, sid, trixie0.6.24-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
libexifsourcesqueeze0.6.19-1+squeeze1DSA-2559-1
libexifsource(unstable)0.6.20-3681454

Notes

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=771229
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2012/q3/74

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