CVE-2024-42851

Aug. 27, 2024, 7:35 p.m.

Awaiting Analysis
CVE has been marked for Analysis. Normally once in this state the CVE will be analyzed by NVD staff within 24 hours.

Products

exiftags

  • 1.01

Source

cve@mitre.org

Tags

CVE-2024-42851 details

Published : Aug. 27, 2024, 6:15 p.m.
Last Modified : Aug. 27, 2024, 7:35 p.m.

Description

Buffer Overflow vulnerability in open source exiftags v.1.01 allows a local attacker to execute arbitrary code via the paresetag function.

CVSS Score

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8.4 9 10

Weakness

Weakness Name Description
CWE-122 Heap-based Buffer Overflow A heap overflow condition is a buffer overflow, where the buffer that can be overwritten is allocated in the heap portion of memory, generally meaning that the buffer was allocated using a routine such as malloc().

CVSS Data

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

8.4

Exploitability Score

2.5

Impact Score

5.9

Base Severity

HIGH

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