ALPINE-CVE-2012-2814

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    ALPINE-CVE-2012-2814

    Published: 13 Jul 2012Last Modified: 5 Sept 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2012-2814

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2012-2814

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: libexif

    Purl: pkg:apk/alpine/libexif?arch=source

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -0.6.21-r0

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High