FKIE_CVE-2009-3895
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2009-11-20 18:30 - Updated: 2026-06-16 23:12
Severity
Summary
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.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| libexif_project | libexif | 0.6.18 |
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"lastModified": "2026-06-16T23:12:35.477",
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