CVE-2009-3895: Buffer Overflow
First published: Fri Nov 20 2009(Updated: )
Heap-based buffer overflow in the exif_entry_fix function (aka the tag fixup routine) in libexif/exif-entry.c in libexif 0.6.18 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code via an invalid EXIF image. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
Credit: secalert@redhat.com secalert@redhat.com
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| Libexif Project Libexif | =0.6.18 |
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Reference Links
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37022
- http://libexif.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/libexif/libexif/NEWS?view=markup&pathrev=libexif-0_6_19-release
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3243
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=293190
- http://bugs.debian.org/557137
- http://www.osvdb.org/59956
- http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_name=20091113072359.GA22681%40coneharvesters.com
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/11/19/2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37378
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54275
- collector/nvd-historical
- collector/nvd-index
- collector/nvd-api
- agent/references
- agent/weakness
- agent/severity
- agent/author
- agent/first-publish-date
- agent/last-modified-date
- agent/softwarecombine
- agent/remedy
- agent/description
- agent/event
- agent/type
- agent/tags
- collector/mitre-cve
- source/MITRE
- vendor/libexif project
- canonical/libexif project libexif
- version/libexif project libexif/0.6.18