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CVE-2020-13114

26
FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-13114 is a denial-of-service vulnerability in libexif versions prior to 0.6.22, impacting various Canonical, libexif_project, and openSUSE products. The flaw stems from unrestricted size handling of Canon EXIF MakerNote data, allowing an attacker to consume significant compute resources during EXIF decoding. Rated 7.5 HIGH on CVSS, this vulnerability can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity, leading to high availability impact without requiring user interaction or privileges. Currently, there is no known 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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:*:*:*
18.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.5HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.30%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
81.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0230 is in the 67th percentile among its peer group of 51,506 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: libexif-0:0.6.22-1.el7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: libexif-0:0.6.22-4.el8
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2020-13114Moderate

libexif: unrestricted size in handling Canon EXIF MakerNote data can lead to consumption of large amounts of compute time

May 16, 2020

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2020-06/msg00017.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
github.com / libexif/libexif/commit/e6a38a1a23ba94d139b1fa2cd4519fdcfe3c9bab
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