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CVE-2020-13112

25
FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-13112 is a critical vulnerability affecting libexif before version 0.6.22, specifically impacting products from Canonical, Debian, libexif_project, and OpenSUSE. This flaw involves multiple buffer over-reads within EXIF MakerNote handling, which can lead to information disclosure and system crashes. With a CVSS score of 9.1, it presents a high severity risk due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and potential for complete confidentiality and availability compromise. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 0.6.22CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:libexif_project:libexif:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
12.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:-:*:*:*
14.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*
16.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

9.1CRITICAL

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.2
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.68%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
84.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0268 is in the 75th percentile among its peer group of 36,833 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (6)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: libexif-0:0.6.21-6.el6_10
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: libexif-0:0.6.21-7.el7_8
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: libexif-0:0.6.21-17.el8_2
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.0 Update Services for SAP SolutionsFixed in: libexif-0:0.6.21-17.el8_0
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1 Extended Update SupportFixed in: libexif-0:0.6.21-17.el8_1
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2020-13112Moderate

libexif: several buffer over-reads in EXIF MakerNote handling can lead to information disclosure and DoS

May 16, 2020

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2020-06/msg00017.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
github.com / libexif/libexif/commit/435e21f05001fb03f9f186fa7cbc69454afd00d1
PatchThird Party Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2020/05/msg00025.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/202007-05
Third Party Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com / 4396-1
Third Party Advisory