CVE-2012-2814: Libexif Project Libexif

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 7.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Buffer overflow in the exif_entry_format_value function in exif-entry.c in the EXIF Tag Parsing Library (aka libexif) 0.6.20 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted EXIF tags in an image.

Affected products

• Libexif Project Libexif: version 0.6.20 only

Published 2012-07-13. Last modified 2026-06-16.