UBUNTU-CVE-2024-42851

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-42851
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2024/UBUNTU-CVE-2024-42851.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2024-42851
Upstream
Published
2024-08-27T18:15:00Z
Modified
2025-10-24T05:11:47Z
Severity
  • 8.4 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

Buffer Overflow vulnerability in open source exiftags v.1.01 allows a local attacker to execute arbitrary code via the paresetag function.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS

exiftags

Package

Name
exiftags
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/exiftags@1.01-6?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*

1.01-6

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "exiftags",
            "binary_version": "1.01-6"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS

exiftags

Package

Name
exiftags
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/exiftags@1.01-6build1?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*

1.01-6
1.01-6build1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "exiftags",
            "binary_version": "1.01-6build1"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS

exiftags

Package

Name
exiftags
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/exiftags@1.01-7?arch=source&distro=focal

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*

1.01-7

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "exiftags",
            "binary_version": "1.01-7"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS

exiftags

Package

Name
exiftags
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/exiftags@1.01-7?arch=source&distro=jammy

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*

1.01-7

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "exiftags",
            "binary_version": "1.01-7"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:24.04:LTS

exiftags

Package

Name
exiftags
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/exiftags@1.01-7?arch=source&distro=noble

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*

1.01-7

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "exiftags",
            "binary_version": "1.01-7"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:25.04

exiftags

Package

Name
exiftags
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/exiftags@1.01-7?arch=source&distro=plucky

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*

1.01-7

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "exiftags",
            "binary_version": "1.01-7"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:25.10

exiftags

Package

Name
exiftags
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/exiftags@1.01-8?arch=source&distro=questing

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*

1.01-7
1.01-8

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "exiftags",
            "binary_version": "1.01-8"
        }
    ]
}