DEBIAN-CVE-2012-2837

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-2837
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2012-2837.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2012-2837
Upstream
Downstream
Published
2012-07-13T10:34:59Z
Modified
2026-09-05T06:47:45Z
Summary
[none]
Details

The mnote_olympus_entry_get_value function in olympus/mnote-olympus-entry.c in the EXIF Tag Parsing Library (aka libexif) before 0.6.21 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error) via an image with crafted EXIF tags that are not properly handled during the formatting of EXIF maker note tags.

References

Affected packages

Debian:12 / libexif

Package

Name
libexif
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/libexif?arch=source&distro=bookworm

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.6.20-3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2012-2837.json"

Debian:13 / libexif

Package

Name
libexif
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/libexif?arch=source&distro=trixie

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.6.20-3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2012-2837.json"

Debian:14 / libexif

Package

Name
libexif
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/libexif?arch=source&distro=forky

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.6.20-3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2012-2837.json"