CVE-2012-2837 is a denial-of-service vulnerability in the EXIF Tag Parsing Library (libexif) before version 0.6.21. It allows remote attackers to crash applications using the library by providing an image with specially crafted EXIF tags, leading to a divide-by-zero error. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity, with low attack complexity and only impacting availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 0.6.20CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:libexif_project:libexif:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.6.14CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:libexif_project:libexif:0.6.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.6.15CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:libexif_project:libexif:0.6.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.6.16CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:libexif_project:libexif:0.6.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.6.18CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:libexif_project:libexif:0.6.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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