CVE-2020-13113: Use After Free

Published May 21, 2020
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Updated

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.

Affected Software

30 affected componentsFixes available
Libexif Project Libexif<0.6.22
Debian Debian Linux=8.0
Canonical Ubuntu Linux=12.04
Canonical Ubuntu Linux=14.04
Canonical Ubuntu Linux=16.04
Canonical Ubuntu Linux=18.04
Canonical Ubuntu Linux=19.10
Canonical Ubuntu Linux=20.04
openSUSE Leap=15.1
debian/libexif
0.6.22-30.6.24-10.6.25-10.6.25-2
Google Android
android/platform/external/libexif>=10:0<10:2022-02-01
10:2022-02-01
android/platform/external/libexif>=11:0<11:2022-02-01
11:2022-02-01
alpine/libexif<0.6.22-r0
0.6.22-r0
alpine/libexif<0.6.22-r0
0.6.22-r0
alpine/libexif<0.6.22-r0
0.6.22-r0
alpine/libexif<0.6.22-r0
0.6.22-r0
alpine/libexif<0.6.22-r0
0.6.22-r0
alpine/libexif<0.6.22-r0
0.6.22-r0
alpine/libexif<0.6.22-r0
0.6.22-r0
alpine/libexif<0.6.22-r0
0.6.22-r0
alpine/libexif<0.6.22-r0
0.6.22-r0
alpine/libexif<0.6.22-r0
0.6.22-r0
alpine/libexif<0.6.22-r0
0.6.22-r0
alpine/libexif<0.6.22-r0
0.6.22-r0
alpine/libexif<0.6.22-r0
0.6.22-r0
alpine/libexif<0.6.22-r0
0.6.22-r0
alpine/libexif<0.6.22-r0
0.6.22-r0
alpine/libexif<0.6.22-r0
0.6.22-r0
alpine/libexif<0.6.22-r0
0.6.22-r0

Remediation

Recommended actions to resolve this vulnerability, in priority order.

  1. Upgrade

    Upgrade debian/libexif to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 0.6.22-3Fixed in 0.6.24-1Fixed in 0.6.25-1Fixed in 0.6.25-2
  2. Upgrade

    Upgrade alpine/libexif to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 0.6.22-r0
  3. Upgrade

    Upgrade android/platform/external/libexif to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 10:2022-02-01
  4. Upgrade

    Upgrade android/platform/external/libexif to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 11:2022-02-01
  5. Upgrade

    Upgrade libexif to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 0.6.22

Event History

May 21, 2020
CVE Published
via MITRE·04:03 PM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·04:03 PM
Description
Data Sourced
via NVD·05:15 PM
RemedyDescriptionSeverityWeaknessAffected Software
Data Sourced
via OSV·05:15 PM
DescriptionSeverityAffected Software
Feb 1, 2022
Advisory Published
via OSV·12:00 AM
Feb 7, 2022
Data Sourced
via Android·12:00 AM
SeverityWeaknessAffected Software

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