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CVE-2020-13999

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-13999 describes an integer overflow vulnerability in the ScaleViewPortExtEx function within libemf.cpp of the libEMF library (version 1.0.12). This flaw, affecting products like Fedora and libEMF, can lead to a denial of service when processing a specially crafted EMF file. With a CVSS score of 5.5 (Medium), it requires local access and user interaction (e.g., opening a malicious file) to trigger, resulting in high availability impact but no confidentiality or integrity loss. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, no public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and minimal community discussion or media coverage, indicating low current threat visibility.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.0.12CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:libemf_project:libemf:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
31CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:31:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
32CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.5MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.21%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
65.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0121 is in the 76th percentile among its peer group of 5,765 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2020-13999Low

libemf: Integer overflow which could result in denial of service

Jun 15, 2020

References

libemf.sourceforge.net / index.html
ProductThird Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/555PIBSHDUZD26UCJ5DHCQ4W7RXEZC66
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CVZXYNDM4YOONMXYPW2GTMIS6V6JBIL6
sourceforge.net / p/libemf/code/HEAD/tree
Third Party Advisory
sourceforge.net / p/libemf/news/2020/06/release-of-libemf-1013
Third Party Advisory
sourceforge.net / projects/libemf
Third Party Advisory