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CVE-2020-13112

libexif: several buffer over-reads in EXIF MakerNote handling can lead to information disclosure and DoS

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

9.1

CVSS 3.1

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Published · May 16, 2020

Updated · June 27, 2026

Description

A heap-buffer out-of-bounds read flaw was found in libexif's MakerNote tag parser. This flaw allows an unauthenticated attacker or authenticated attacker with low privileges to exploit the flaw remotely in an application that uses libexif to process EXIF data from media files if the file upload is allowed. An attacker could create a specially crafted image file that, when processed by libexif, would cause the application to crash or, potentially expose data from the application's memory. This attack leads to a denial of service or a memory information leak that could assist in further exploitation.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 9.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

CWE-190 · Integer Overflow or Wraparound