{"id":"CVE-2012-2813","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2012-2813","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T21:03:25.784Z","title":"The exif_convert_utf16_to_utf8 function in exif-entry.c in the EXIF Tag Parsing Library (aka libexif) before 0.6.21 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) or possibly obtain sensitive information from process memory…","description":"The exif_convert_utf16_to_utf8 function in exif-entry.c in the EXIF Tag Parsing Library (aka libexif) before 0.6.21 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) or possibly obtain sensitive information from process memory via crafted EXIF tags in an image.","published":"2012-07-13T10:34:59.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T23:42:09.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"chrome-cve-admin@google.com","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":6.4,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P"},"cwe":["CWE-119"],"affected":["libexif project/libexif"],"epss":{"score":0.03803,"percentile":0.89939,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (3.80%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-07/msg00015.html","source":"chrome-cve-admin@google.com"},{"url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1255.html","source":"chrome-cve-admin@google.com"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/49988","source":"chrome-cve-admin@google.com"},{"url":"http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=29534027","source":"chrome-cve-admin@google.com"},{"url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2559","source":"chrome-cve-admin@google.com"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54437","source":"chrome-cve-admin@google.com"},{"url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1513-1","source":"chrome-cve-admin@google.com"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-07/msg00015.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1255.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/49988","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=29534027","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2559","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54437","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1513-1","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-2813","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}