CVE-2012-2840
- Source
- https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-2840
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2012-2840.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2012-2840
- Downstream
- Related
- Withdrawn
- 2026-01-27T04:11:16.392923Z
- Published
- 2012-07-13T10:34:59Z
- Modified
- 2026-01-27T04:11:16.392923Z
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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Off-by-one error in the exifconvertutf16toutf8 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.
- References
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- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1255.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49988
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2559
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1513-1
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-07/msg00015.html
- http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=29534027
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54437