CVE-2012-2814

Public on 2012-07-13

Modified on 2014-09-14

Description

Buffer overflow in the exif_entry_format_value function in exif-entry.c in the EXIF Tag Parsing Library (aka libexif) 0.6.20 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted EXIF tags in an image.

Severity

Medium

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CVSS v3 Base Score

6.8

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Affected Packages

Platform	Package	Release Date	Advisory
Amazon Linux 1	libexif	2012-09-22	ALAS-2012-126

CVSS Scores

	Score Type	Score	Vector
Amazon Linux	CVSSv2	6.8	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
NVD	CVSSv2	7.5	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

References

FAQs regarding Amazon Linux ALAS/CVE Severity Red Hat: CVE-2012-2814 Mitre: CVE-2012-2814