Vulnerability · Published May 21, 2020 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2020-13114
High 7.5
In plain English
A high-severity security flaw in the libexif package (Alpine). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 2.4% (higher than 84% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS NVD)7.5High
Exploit odds (30 days)2.4%top 16.2% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
An issue was discovered in libexif before 0.6.22. An unrestricted size in handling Canon EXIF MakerNote data could lead to consumption of large amounts of compute time for decoding EXIF data.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine:v3.20 | libexif | 0.6.22-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-13114 |
| Alpine:v3.21 | libexif | 0.6.22-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-13114 |
| Alpine:v3.22 | libexif | 0.6.22-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-13114 |
| Alpine:v3.23 | libexif | 0.6.22-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-13114 |
| Alpine:v3.24 | libexif | 0.6.22-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-13114 |
| Debian:12 | libexif | 0.6.21-9 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-13114 |
| Debian:13 | libexif | 0.6.21-9 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-13114 |
| Debian:14 | libexif | 0.6.21-9 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-13114 |
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://github.com/libexif/libexif/commit/e6a38a1a23ba94d139b1fa2cd4519fdcfe3c9bab x_refsource_MISC
- [debian-lts-announce] 20200528 [SECURITY] [DLA 2222-1] libexif security update mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST
- openSUSE-SU-2020:0793 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE
- USN-4396-1 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU
- GLSA-202007-05 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO