RHSA-2012:1255Medium

Red Hat Security Advisory: libexif security update

Published
September 11, 2012
Last Modified
June 25, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (7)

CVE-2012-2812 →CVE-2012-2813 →CVE-2012-2814 →CVE-2012-2836 →CVE-2012-2837 →CVE-2012-2840 →CVE-2012-2841 →

📋 Description

CVE-2012-2812 — libexif: "exif_entry_get_value()" heap-based out-of-bounds array read CVE-2012-2813 — libexif: "exif_convert_utf16_to_utf8()" heap-based out-of-bounds array read CVE-2012-2814 — libexif: "exif_entry_format_value()" buffer overflow CVE-2012-2836 — libexif: "exif_data_load_data()" heap-based out-of-bounds array read CVE-2012-2837 — libexif: "mnote_olympus_entry_get_value()" division by zero CVE-2012-2840 — libexif: "exif_convert_utf16_to_utf8()" off-by-one CVE-2012-2841 — libexif: "exif_entry_get_value()" integer underflow

🎯 Affected products83

  • RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)
  • libexif-0:0.6.21-1.el5_8.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • libexif-0:0.6.21-1.el5_8.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)
  • libexif-0:0.6.21-1.el5_8.ia64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • libexif-0:0.6.21-1.el5_8.ppc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • libexif-0:0.6.21-1.el5_8.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • libexif-0:0.6.21-1.el5_8.s390 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • libexif-0:0.6.21-1.el5_8.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • libexif-0:0.6.21-1.el5_8.src as a component of RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client)
  • libexif-0:0.6.21-1.el5_8.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • libexif-0:0.6.21-1.el5_8.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)
  • libexif-0:0.6.21-1.el5_8.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • libexif-0:0.6.21-1.el5_8.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)
  • libexif-0:0.6.21-5.el6_3.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6)
  • libexif-0:0.6.21-5.el6_3.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6)
  • libexif-0:0.6.21-5.el6_3.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • libexif-0:0.6.21-5.el6_3.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)
  • libexif-0:0.6.21-5.el6_3.ppc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • libexif-0:0.6.21-5.el6_3.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • libexif-0:0.6.21-5.el6_3.s390 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • libexif-0:0.6.21-5.el6_3.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • libexif-0:0.6.21-5.el6_3.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6)
  • libexif-0:0.6.21-5.el6_3.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6)
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✅ Remediation

Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at https://access.redhat.com/knowledge/articles/11258

🔗 References (10)