CVE-2018-20030

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.

Score

CVSS 3.0 7.5 High

Status

Modified - PSIRT-CNA@flexerasoftware.com

Published

2019-02-20

Last modified

2024-09-17

Weaknesses

CWE-400

Affected products

• Libexif (Flexera Software Llc)
• Libexif (Libexif Project)

References

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