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Date: Fri, 4 Mar 2005 13:42:07 +0100
From: Martin Pitt <martin.pitt@canonical.com>
To: Vendor Security <vendor-sec@lst.de>
Subject: [vendor-sec] libexif potential buffer overflow

Hi!

Ubuntu just received a bug report in our (public) bugzilla about a
potential buffer overflow due to unchecked input in libexif:

  https://bugzilla.ubuntulinux.org/show_bug.cgi?id=7152

After looking at libexif code, the patch (pasted below) looks pretty
good to me. However, I'd appreciate another pair of eyes on it. Also,
can somebody please assign a CAN number?

Thanks,

Martin

--- libexif-0.6.9/libexif/exif-data.c~	2005-03-03 22:54:52.333049248 +0100
+++ libexif-0.6.9/libexif/exif-data.c	2005-03-03 22:50:57.117807400 +0100
@@ -640,7 +640,7 @@
 #endif
 
 	/* Byte order (offset 6, length 2) */
-	if (ds < 12)
+	if (ds < 14)
 		return;
 	if (!memcmp (d + 6, "II", 2))
 		data->priv->order = EXIF_BYTE_ORDER_INTEL;
@@ -659,12 +659,18 @@
 	printf ("IFD 0 at %i.\n", (int) offset);
 #endif
 
+	if (ds < 6 + 4 + offset)
+		return;
+
 	/* Parse the actual exif data (offset 14) */
 	exif_data_load_data_content (data, data->ifd[EXIF_IFD_0], d + 6,
 				     ds - 6, offset);
 
 	/* IFD 1 offset */
 	n = exif_get_short (d + 6 + offset, data->priv->order);
+	if (ds < 6 + offset + 2 + 12 * n + 4)
+		return;
+
 	offset = exif_get_long (d + 6 + offset + 2 + 12 * n, data->priv->order);
 	if (offset) {
 #ifdef DEBUG

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