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7.5high

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 ava…

Published 7 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
7.5
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
3.8%
percentile 90%
Public exploits
0
none known

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.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

3.80% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 90% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD3.07.5CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD2.07.8AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Affected products

  • Flexera Software LLC libexif

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

References

  • github.com /libexif/libexif/commit/6aa11df549114ebda520dde4cdaea2f9357b2c89 · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
  • secuniaresearch.flexerasoftware.com /secunia_research/2018-28/ · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
  • lists.opensuse.org /opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00000.html · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE, x_transferred
  • lists.debian.org /debian-lts-announce/2020/05/msg00016.html · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, x_transferred
  • usn.ubuntu.com /4358-1/ · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU, x_transferred
  • lists.debian.org /debian-lts-announce/2020/05/msg00025.html · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, x_transferred
  • lists.opensuse.org /opensuse-security-announce/2020-06/msg00017.html · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE, x_transferred

Sources

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