CVE-2012-2836
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.4EPSS 6.3%EU EUVD
The exif_data_load_data function in exif-data.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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.4 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 6.3% (94th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2012-2816)
- Published
- July 13, 2012
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2012-2816 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- libexif project / libexif
- libexif project / libexif
- libexif project / libexif
- libexif project / libexif
- libexif project / libexif
- libexif project / libexif
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-07/msg00014.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-07/msg00015.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1255.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49988
- http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=29534027
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2559
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54437
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1513-1
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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