CVE-2009-3895

CVSS V2 Medium 6.8 CVSS V3 None
Description
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2009-3895
  • Assigner
  • secalert@redhat.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2009-11-20T18:30:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2023-02-13T02:20:33
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-119 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/119.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:libexif_project:libexif:0.6.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 6.8
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8.6
  • Impact Score
  • 6.4
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37022
http://libexif.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/libexif/libexif/NEWS?view=markup&pathrev=libexif-0_6_19-release Patch
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3243 Vendor Advisory
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 Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54275
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-3895
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-3895
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 07:26:10 Added to TrackCVE
2023-02-13 03:03:23 2023-02-13T02:20:33 CVE Modified Date updated
2023-02-13 03:03:23 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. 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. Description updated