CVE-2012-2836

Publication date 13 July 2012

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

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 sensitive information from process memory via crafted EXIF tags in an image.

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
libexif	12.04 LTS precise	Fixed 0.6.20-2ubuntu0.1
	11.10 oneiric	Fixed 0.6.20-1ubuntu0.1
	11.04 natty	Fixed 0.6.20-0ubuntu1.1
	10.04 LTS lucid	Fixed 0.6.19-1ubuntu0.1
	8.04 LTS hardy	Fixed 0.6.16-2.1ubuntu0.2

Patch details

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Package	Patch details
libexif	Vendor: https://bugzilla.novell.com/attachment.cgi?id=498458 Vendor: https://bugzilla.novell.com/attachment.cgi?id=498459 Upstream: http://libexif.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/libexif/libexif/libexif/exif-data.c?r1=1.129&r2=1.131&view=patch

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-1513-1
libexif vulnerabilities
23 July 2012

CVE-2012-2836

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