VDB
GHSA-fh9g-f6cg-q7xf
GHSA-fh9g-f6cg-q7xf
PUBLISHED
CVSS 9.300000190734863 CRITICAL
Record from GitHub Advisory Database · Published May 13, 2022
Buffer overflow in the exif_entry_format_value function in exif-entry.c in the EXIF Tag Parsing Library (aka libexif) 0.6.20 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted EXIF tags in an image.
Risk scores
CVSS 4.0
9.300000190734863
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Timeline
- May 13, 2022 CVE Published
- Apr 9, 2026 Security Advisory
- Apr 29, 2026 Distribution Patch (2 in total, the first dated here)
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References
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1255.html url
- http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=29534027 url
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2016-2867206.html url
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1513-1 url
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-2814 advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-07/msg00014.html url
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-07/msg00015.html url
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49988 url
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2559 url
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54437 url