Use After Free Affecting libexif package, versions <0.6.22-r0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.89% (77th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALPINE310-LIBEXIF-588702
  • published21 Jul 2020
  • disclosed21 May 2020

Introduced: 21 May 2020

CVE-2020-13113  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Alpine:3.10 libexif to version 0.6.22-r0 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libexif package and not the libexif package as distributed by Alpine. See How to fix? for Alpine:3.10 relevant fixed versions and status.

An issue was discovered in libexif before 0.6.22. Use of uninitialized memory in EXIF Makernote handling could lead to crashes and potential use-after-free conditions.

CVSS Base Scores

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