CVE-2012-2812 Information disclosure in n/a

What is CVE-2012-2812?

CVE-2012-2812 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 13 Jul 2012. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

The exif_entry_get_value 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 (out-of-bounds read) or possibly obtain sensitive information from process memory via crafted EXIF tags in an image.

Weakness: CWE-119

Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-2812?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Libexif Project Libexif.

How do I fix CVE-2012-2812?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2012-2812 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-2812 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in n/a

• CVE-2017-7544 Information disclosure in libexif Critical 9.1
• CVE-2018-20030 Denial of service in libexif High 7.5
• CVE-2012-2814 Memory corruption in n/a High 7.5
• CVE-2012-2840 Integer overflow in n/a High 7.5
• CVE-2012-2841 Integer overflow in n/a High 7.5

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as ALPINE-CVE-2012-2812, DEBIAN-CVE-2012-2812, GHSA-85gx-57v6-gvrm.