CVE-2009-3895
Heap-based buffer overflow in the exif_entry_fix function (aka the tag fixup routine) in libexif/exif-entry.c in libexif 0.6.18 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly execute
02 Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in the exif_entry_fix function (aka the tag fixup routine) in libexif/exif-entry.c in libexif 0.6.18 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly execute
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 5.16% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 92.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2009-11-20 18:00Z16 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 06:45Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2009-11-05
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 729a229207e1bd8eb82043889fc4133444a5370f4eda5d10985a2c06bb42b6b9
05 Affected products
06 References
- libexif.cvs.sourceforge.nethttp://libexif.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/libexif/libexif/NEWS?view=markup&pathrev=libexif-0_6_19-release
- secunia.com37378http://secunia.com/advisories/37378
- bugs.gentoo.orghttp://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=293190
- www.vupen.comADV-2009-3243http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3243
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20091119 CVE assignment (libexif)http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/11/19/2
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comlibexif-exifentryfix-bo(54275)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54275
- www.securityfocus.com37022http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37022
- www.osvdb.org59956http://www.osvdb.org/59956
- sourceforge.net[libexif-devel] 20091113 libexif project security advisoryhttp://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_name=20091113072359.GA22681%40coneharvesters.com
- bugs.debian.orghttp://bugs.debian.org/557137
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- libexif Fixed in 0.6.19-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- libexif Fixed in 0.6.19-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- libexif Fixed in 0.6.19-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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