CVE-2020-13114

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.

Category

7.5
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.65%
Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory gentoo.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://github.com/libexif/libexif/commit/e6a38a1a23ba94d139b1fa2cd4519fdcfe3c9bab third party advisory patch
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/05/msg00025.html third party advisory mailing list
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-06/msg00017.html vendor advisory mailing list third party advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4396-1/ third party advisory vendor advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-05 third party advisory vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2020-13114?
CVE-2020-13114 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2020-13114?
To fix CVE-2020-13114, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2020-13114 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2020-13114 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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