CVE-2012-2837

Publication date 13 July 2012

Last updated 24 July 2024

The mnote_olympus_entry_get_value function in olympus/mnote-olympus-entry.c in the EXIF Tag Parsing Library (aka libexif) before 0.6.21 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error) via an image with crafted EXIF tags that are not properly handled during the formatting of EXIF maker note tags.

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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=498460 Upstream: http://libexif.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/libexif/libexif/libexif/olympus/mnote-olympus-entry.c?r1=1.54&r2=1.55&view=patch

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-1513-1
libexif vulnerabilities
23 July 2012

CVE-2012-2837

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