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libexif Integer Overflow and Denial of Service
Secunia Advisory: SA28076
Release Date: 2007-12-20
Last Update: 2008-11-19
Popularity: 7,021 views

Critical:
Moderately critical
Impact: DoS
System access
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

Software:libexif 0.x

Secunia CVSS-2 Score: Available in Secunia business solutions

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Description:
Two vulnerabilities have been reported in libexif, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) or to compromise an application using the library.

1) An integer overflow error in the "exif_data_load_data_thumbnail()" function in exif-data.c when processing exif image tags can be exploited to cause a memory corruption and may allow execution of arbitrary code via a specially crafted exif file.

2) An infinite recursion error in the "exif_loader_write()" function in exif-loader.c when handling exif image tags can be exploited to cause an application to crash via a specially crafted exif file.

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