CVE-2023-50671 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

In exiftags 1.01, nikon_prop1 in nikon.c has a heap-based buffer overflow (write of size 28) because snprintf can write to an unexpected address.

Published: 2024-01-11

Score: 7.8 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:aertherwide:exiftags:1.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00056.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

References

Link	Providers
https://blog.yulun.ac.cn/posts/2023/fuzzing-exiftags/
https://johnst.org/sw/exiftags/

History

Thu, 14 Nov 2024 15:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Aertherwide Exiftags

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2024-01-11T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-06-17T15:29:46.794Z

Reserved: 2023-12-11T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2023-50671

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T22:16:47.329Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-01-11T17:15:08.557

Modified: 2025-06-17T16:15:26.693

Link: CVE-2023-50671

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-787

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