This CVE name corresponds to:
| Entered | Topic |
|---|---|
| 2013-03-13 | libexif -- multiple remote vulnerabilities |
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| Type | Candidate |
| Name | CVE-2012-2840 |
| Phase | Assigned(20120519) |
Off-by-one error in the exif_convert_utf16_to_utf8 function in exif-entry.c in the EXIF Tag Parsing Library (aka libexif) before 0.6.21 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted EXIF tags in an image.
| Source | Reference |
|---|---|
| MLIST | [libexif-devel] 20120712 libexif project security advisory July 12, 2012 |
| DEBIAN | DSA-2559 |
| REDHAT | RHSA-2012:1255 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2012:0903 |
| UBUNTU | USN-1513-1 |
| SECUNIA | 49988 |
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