CVE-2020-13113

Publication date 21 May 2020

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

An issue was discovered in libexif before 0.6.22. Use of uninitialized memory in EXIF Makernote handling could lead to crashes and potential use-after-free conditions.

Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
libexif	20.04 LTS focal	Fixed 0.6.21-6ubuntu0.3
	19.10 eoan	Fixed 0.6.21-5.1ubuntu0.5
	18.04 LTS bionic	Fixed 0.6.21-4ubuntu0.5
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 0.6.21-2ubuntu0.5
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 0.6.21-1ubuntu1+esm5

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Patch details

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Package	Patch details
libexif	Upstream: ec412aa

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	8.2 · High
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	Low
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H