CVE-2012-2812

Description

The exif_entry_get_value 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 (out-of-bounds read) or possibly obtain sensitive information from process memory via crafted EXIF tags in an image.

How to fix CVE-2012-2812

To remediate CVE-2012-2812, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.

• Alpine/libexif—upgrade to 0.6.21-r0 or later
• Debian/libexif—upgrade to 0.6.20-3 or later
• Debian/libexif—upgrade to 0.6.19-1+squeeze1 or later

Is CVE-2012-2812 being exploited?

Low — EPSS is 0.9%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.

Affected packages (3)

• from 0, < 0.6.21-r0
• from 0, < 0.6.20-3
• from 0, < 0.6.19-1+squeeze1

References (2)

• ADVISORYsecurity.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2012-2812
• ADVISORYsecurity-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-2812