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CVE-2012-2845 json

Integer overflow in the jpeg_data_load_data function in jpeg-data.c in libjpeg in exif 0.6.20 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of…

published 2012-07-13 14 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2012-2825

cvss
6.4
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
3.6%
EPSS 3.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 89%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Integer overflow in the jpeg_data_load_data function in jpeg-data.c in libjpeg in exif 0.6.20 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer over-read and application crash) or obtain potentially sensitive information via a crafted JPEG file.

Patch / fix

  • exif Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 0.6.20-2

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2012-2845

  • exif openSUSE Tumbleweed 0.6.21-8.7

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10240-1

  • libexif Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22 +14 more 0.6.21-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2012-2845

Alpine secdb © Alpine Linux, from https://secdb.alpinelinux.org via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2012-2845 updated cvss 5.8

exif: Integer overflow, leading to DoS (buffer over-read and application crash) in jpeg_data_load_data routine

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 libjpeg Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 libjpeg
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

3.59% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 89% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 6.4 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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