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Resource Exhaustion Affecting libexif package, versions <0.6.21-2+deb9u3

0.0
high

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
    Availability High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.18% (55th percentile)
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NVD
7.5 high
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Red Hat
7.5 high
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SUSE
4 medium

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN9-LIBEXIF-570080
  • published 21 May 2020
  • disclosed 21 May 2020
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Introduced: 21 May 2020

CVE-2020-13114 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-400 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:9 libexif to version 0.6.21-2+deb9u3 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libexif package and not the libexif package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.