DEBIAN-CVE-2012-2840

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-2840
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2012-2840.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2012-2840
Upstream
Published
2012-07-13T10:34:59Z
Modified
2025-09-19T06:23:45Z
Summary
[none]
Details

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

Affected packages

Debian:11 / libexif

Package

Name
libexif
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/libexif?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.6.20-3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:12 / libexif

Package

Name
libexif
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/libexif?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.6.20-3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:13 / libexif

Package

Name
libexif
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/libexif?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.6.20-3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:14 / libexif

Package

Name
libexif
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/libexif?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.6.20-3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}