Libexif
CVE-2020-13114
HIGH
Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.
CVSS VectorNVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Lifecycle Timeline
1DescriptionNVD
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.
AnalysisAI
An issue was discovered in libexif before 0.6.22. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. This Allocation of Resources Without Limits vulnerability could allow attackers to exhaust system resources through uncontrolled allocation.
Technical ContextAI
This vulnerability is classified as Allocation of Resources Without Limits (CWE-770), which allows attackers to exhaust system resources through uncontrolled allocation. 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 products include: Libexif Project Libexif, Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Opensuse Leap. Version information: before 0.6.22..
RemediationAI
A vendor patch is available. Apply the latest security update as soon as possible. Set resource limits, implement rate limiting, validate input sizes.
libexif through 0.6.21 is vulnerable to out-of-bounds heap read vulnerability in exif_data_save_data_entry function in l
An issue was discovered in libexif before 0.6.22. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.1), this vulnerability is remotely exp
Integer underflow in the exif_entry_get_value function in exif-entry.c in the EXIF Tag Parsing Library (aka libexif) 0.6
Buffer overflow in the exif_entry_format_value function in exif-entry.c in the EXIF Tag Parsing Library (aka libexif) 0.
An issue was discovered in libexif before 0.6.22. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.2), this vulnerability is remotely exploit
Off-by-one error in the exif_convert_utf16_to_utf8 function in exif-entry.c in the EXIF Tag Parsing Library (aka libexif
In exif_data_load_data_content of exif-data.c, there is a possible UBSAN abort due to an integer overflow. Rated high se
In exif_data_load_data_thumbnail of exif-data.c, there is a possible denial of service due to an integer overflow. Rated
Integer underflow in libexif 0.6.25 and earlier allows local attackers to overwrite memory via crafted MakerNote EXIF da
The exif_data_load_data function in exif-data.c in the EXIF Tag Parsing Library (aka libexif) before 0.6.21 allows remot
The exif_entry_get_value function in exif-entry.c in the EXIF Tag Parsing Library (aka libexif) before 0.6.21 allows rem
The exif_convert_utf16_to_utf8 function in exif-entry.c in the EXIF Tag Parsing Library (aka libexif) before 0.6.21 allo
Same technique Denial Of Service
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