CVE-2020-13114
HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: May 21, 2020 at 03:50 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:52 AM UTC
3 products affected across 3 vendorsUbuntu LinuxLeapLibexif
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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
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
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v < 0.6.22
Affected range stops below 0.6.22, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Leap· openSUSEdrupal
95%Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (5)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-06/msg00017.htmlx_refsource_MISCPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/libexif/libexif/commit/e6a38a1a23ba94d139b1fa2cd4519fdcfe3c9babMailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/05/msg00025.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-05Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4396-1/CVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- NONE
- Integrity
- NONE
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-770
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