CVE-2018-20030

NONE EPSS 88.7%
Published Feb 20, 20197y ago · Modified Jun 17, 20262w ago
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Published Feb 20, 2019 7y ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 2w ago

Description

An error when processing the EXIF_IFD_INTEROPERABILITY and EXIF_IFD_EXIF tags within libexif version 0.6.21 can be exploited to exhaust available CPU resources.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
88.7% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption Resource Mgmt

Affected Products 1

VendorProductVersionRange
libexif_projectlibexif0.6.21any

References 7

  • lists.opensuse.org http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00000.html
  • lists.opensuse.org http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-06/msg00017.html
  • github.com https://github.com/libexif/libexif/commit/6aa11df549114ebda520dde4cdaea2f9357b2c89
    PatchThird Party Advisory
  • lists.debian.org https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/05/msg00016.html
  • lists.debian.org https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/05/msg00025.html
  • secuniaresearch.flexerasoftware.com https://secuniaresearch.flexerasoftware.com/secunia_research/2018-28/
    Third Party Advisory
  • usn.ubuntu.com https://usn.ubuntu.com/4358-1/

Remediation

  • github.com https://github.com/libexif/libexif/commit/6aa11df549114ebda520dde4cdaea2f9357b2c89
    PatchThird Party Advisory