--- digikam/utilities/kexif/kexifentry.cpp.old	2003-09-19 21:11:09.000000000 +0200
+++ digikam/utilities/kexif/kexifentry.cpp	2004-09-18 12:37:39.000000000 +0200
@@ -65,7 +65,11 @@
     mName  = QString(exif_tag_get_name(mExifEntry->tag));
     mTitle = QString(exif_tag_get_title(mExifEntry->tag));
     mDescription = QString(exif_tag_get_description(mExifEntry->tag));
-    mValue = QString(exif_entry_get_value(mExifEntry));
+    char val[1024];
+    exif_entry_get_value(mExifEntry, val, 1023);
+    // just in case we don't get a null-terminated string
+    val[1023] = '\0'; 
+    mValue = QString(val);
 }
 
 QString KExifEntry::getName()