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CVE-2009-3895
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…
Medium6.8EPSS 5.2%
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- Updated
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- redhat
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.8 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 5.2% · top 7.5% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.8.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (10)
- http://libexif.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/libexif/libexif/NEWS?view=markup&pathrev=libexif-0_6_19-release (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 37378 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=293190 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- ADV-2009-3243 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20091119 CVE assignment (libexif) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- libexif-exifentryfix-bo(54275) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 37022 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 59956 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- [libexif-devel] 20091113 libexif project security advisory (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- http://bugs.debian.org/557137 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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