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.
References (5)
Core 5
Core References
Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/libexif/libexif/commit/ec412aa4583ad71ecabb967d3c77162760169d1f
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/05/msg00025.html
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-06/msg00017.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_ubuntu
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4396-1/
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-05
Scores
CVSS v3
8.2
EPSS
0.0070
EPSS Percentile
72.0%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-908
Status
published
Products (9)
canonical/ubuntu_linux
12.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux
14.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux
16.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux
18.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux
19.10
canonical/ubuntu_linux
20.04
debian/debian_linux
8.0
libexif_project/libexif
< 0.6.22
opensuse/leap
15.1
Published
May 21, 2020
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026