Bug 839184 (CVE-2012-2836) - CVE-2012-2836 libexif: "exif_data_load_data()" heap-based out-of-bounds array read
Summary: CVE-2012-2836 libexif: "exif_data_load_data()" heap-based out-of-bounds array...
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: CVE-2012-2836
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: Engineering839913 Engineering839914 Engineering839915 Engineering839916 839917
Blocks: Embargoed839036
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Reported: 2012-07-11 07:34 UTC by Stefan Cornelius
Modified: 2023-05-12 22:11 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

Fixed In Version: libexif 0.6.21
Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2013-05-08 18:28:47 UTC

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Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2012:1255 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Moderate: libexif security update 2012-09-11 22:12:47 UTC

Description Stefan Cornelius 2012-07-11 07:34:58 UTC 
A heap-based out-of-bounds array read in the exif_data_load_data function in libexif 0.6.20 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly obtain potentially sensitive information from process memory via an image with crafted EXIF tags.
Comment 1 Vincent Danen 2012-07-12 19:56:48 UTC 
This now public via exif 0.6.21:

http://libexif.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/libexif/libexif/ChangeLog?revision=1.370
http://libexif.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/libexif/libexif/libexif/exif-data.c?r1=1.129&r2=1.131&view=patch
Comment 3 Stefan Cornelius 2012-07-13 08:15:16 UTC 
Created libexif tracking bugs for this issue

Affects: fedora-all [bug 839917]
Comment 4 Stefan Cornelius 2012-07-16 09:16:23 UTC 
Upstream bug:
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=3434540&group_id=12272&atid=112272
Comment 6 Stefan Cornelius 2012-08-10 08:52:30 UTC 
Upstream advisory:
http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=29534027
Comment 7 Murray McAllister 2012-08-22 06:48:14 UTC 
Acknowledgements:

Red Hat would like to thank Dan Fandrich for reporting this issue. Upstream acknowledges Yunho Kim as the original reporter.
Comment 8 errata-xmlrpc 2012-09-11 18:16:04 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

Via RHSA-2012:1255 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1255.html
Comment 9 Fedora Update System 2013-02-08 02:14:01 UTC 
libexif-0.6.21-2.fc16 has been pushed to the Fedora 16 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
Comment 10 Fedora Update System 2013-02-08 02:34:20 UTC 
libexif-0.6.21-2.fc17 has been pushed to the Fedora 17 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
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