7.5

CVE-2012-2840: libexif_project libexif Numeric Errors

CVSS: 7.5v2.0HighModified
AliasesALPINE-CVE-2012-2840DEBIAN-CVE-2012-2840
Published 13-07-2012Last modified 06-08-2024
Open JSON

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2012-2840 is a high (CVSS 7.5) Numeric Errors vulnerability in libexif_project libexif. EPSS estimates a 5.06% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 92.2% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
31/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
5.06%
0%100%
Low · +0.04 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 3 · Related 1
DSA-2559-1OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10510-1RHSA-2012:1255

Timeline

  1. 13-07-2012
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

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.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

5.06%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

92%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.04 pp

From 5.02% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
5.06%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Alpine1 product
  • libexif< 0.6.21-r0
Debian1 product
  • libexif< 0.6.20-3
Libexif_project1 product
  • libexif0.6.16 | 0.6.18 | 0.6.19 | ≤ 0.6.20 | 0.6.14 | 0.6.15

3 vendors · 3 products

References

9 links