CVE-2020-13114

libexif: unrestricted size in handling Canon EXIF MakerNote data can lead to consumption of large amounts of compute time

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

7.5

CVSS 3.1

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Published · May 16, 2020

Updated · November 22, 2025

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.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 7.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CWE-400 · Uncontrolled Resource Consumption