CVE-2008-2696

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    CVE-2008-2696

    Published: 13 Jun 2008Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: Exiv2 0.16 allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero and application crash) via a zero value in Nikon lens information in the metadata of an image, related to "pretty printing" and the RationalValue::toLong function.

    References: http://secunia.com/advisories/30519, http://secunia.com/advisories/32273, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:119, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-655-1, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1766/references, http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=524715, http://dev.robotbattle.com/bugs/view.php?id=0000546, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00012.html, http://www.exiv2.org/changelog.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29586, https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42885

    Affected packages

    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
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