CVE-2012-2836
The exif_data_load_data function in exif-data.c in the EXIF Tag Parsing Library (aka libexif) before 0.6.21 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) or possibly obtain
02 Description
The exif_data_load_data function in exif-data.c in the EXIF Tag Parsing Library (aka libexif) before 0.6.21 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) or possibly obtain
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
- 6.27% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 93.4% 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
- Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
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
- 2012-07-13 10:00Z14 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 19:42Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2012-05-19
- Assigning CNA
- Chrome
- 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
- 95438bed425666d15e6fb32bec7aba00f56ad7a114c0ba5863676c5d40d5ece8
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.securityfocus.com54437http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54437
- www.debian.orgDSA-2559http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2559
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2012:0903http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-07/msg00015.html
- sourceforge.net[libexif-devel] 20120712 libexif project security advisory July 12, 2012http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=29534027
- secunia.com49988http://secunia.com/advisories/49988
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2012:1255http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1255.html
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-1513-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1513-1
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2012:0902http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-07/msg00014.html
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- libexif Fixed in 0.6.20-3
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- libexif Fixed in 0.6.20-3
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- libexif Fixed in 0.6.20-3
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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