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exiftags — security advisory
Buffer Overflow vulnerability in open source exiftags v.1.01 allows a local attacker to execute arbitrary code via the paresetag function.
- Products
- exiftags
- Affected versions
- 1.01-6, 1.01-6build1, 1.01-7, 1.01-8, 1.01-8build1
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2024-42851
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 01:09 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
Buffer Overflow vulnerability in open source exiftags v.1.01 allows a local attacker to execute arbitrary code via the paresetag function.
osv:UBUNTU-CVE-2024-42851
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Complete source record
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