Description
The exif_convert_utf16_to_utf8 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.
CVSS Metrics
- Vector
- AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P
- Access Vector
- network
- Access Cmplx
- low
- Auth
- none
- Confidentiality
- partial
- Integrity
- none
- Availability
- partial
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119
Metadata
- Primary Vendor
- LIBEXIF_PROJECT
- Published
- 7/13/2012
- Last Modified
- 4/11/2025
- Source
- NIST NVD
- Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.
Affected Products
libexif_project : libexiflibexif_project : libexiflibexif_project : libexiflibexif_project : libexiflibexif_project : libexiflibexif_project : libexif
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