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Alpine Linux: CVE-2012-2837: Multiple Vulnerabilities in libexif < 0.6.21 may allow remote code execution

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Alpine Linux: CVE-2012-2837: Multiple Vulnerabilities in libexif < 0.6.21 may allow remote code execution

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
07/13/2012
Created
07/25/2018
Added
08/30/2017
Modified
11/03/2017

Description

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.

Solution(s)

  • alpine-linux-upgrade-libexif

References

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