CVE-2012-2841

Description

Integer underflow in the exif_entry_get_value function in exif-entry.c in the EXIF Tag Parsing Library (aka libexif) 0.6.20 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors involving a crafted buffer-size parameter during the formatting of an EXIF tag, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow.

How to fix CVE-2012-2841

To remediate CVE-2012-2841, 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

Is CVE-2012-2841 being exploited?

Low — EPSS is 4.3%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.

Affected packages (2)

• from 0, < 0.6.21-r0
• from 0, < 0.6.20-3

References (2)

• ADVISORYsecurity.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2012-2841
• ADVISORYsecurity-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-2841