Vulnerability identifier: #VU29107

Vulnerability risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 3.8 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2018-20030

CWE-ID: CWE-674

Exploitation vector: Network

Exploit availability: No

Vulnerable software:
libexif
Universal components / Libraries / Libraries used by multiple products

Vendor: libexif.sourceforge.net

Description

The vulnerability allows an attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to recursion issue when processing the EXIF_IFD_INTEROPERABILITY and EXIF_IFD_EXIF tags within libexif. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application and exhaust all available CPU resources.

Mitigation
Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

libexif: 0.6.9 - 0.6.21

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External links
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00000.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-06/msg00017.html
http://github.com/libexif/libexif/commit/6aa11df549114ebda520dde4cdaea2f9357b2c89

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Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.