CVE-2012-2841: Libexif Project Libexif

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 5.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Integer underflow in the exif_entry_get_value function in exif-entry.c in the EXIF Tag Parsing Library (aka libexif) 0.6.20 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors involving a crafted buffer-size parameter during the formatting of an EXIF tag, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow.

Affected products

• Libexif Project Libexif: version 0.6.20 only

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