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LOW

security flaw

Published Mar 8, 2005

Description

Buffer overflow in the EXIF library (libexif) 0.6.9 does not properly validate the structure of the EXIF tags, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a JPEG image with a crafted EXIF tag.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (16)

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Mar 8, 2005
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Mar 7, 2005
NVD
Status Modified
Modified Jun 16, 2026
Red Hat
Severity Low
Public date Mar 3, 2004