UBUNTU-CVE-2018-20030

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2018-20030

    Published: 20 Feb 2019Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2018-20030
    Aliases:
    USN-4358-1

    Summary:

    Details: An error when processing the EXIF_IFD_INTEROPERABILITY and EXIF_IFD_EXIF tags within libexif version 0.6.21 can be exploited to exhaust available CPU resources.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-20030, https://secuniaresearch.flexerasoftware.com/secunia_research/2018-28/, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4358-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-20030

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: libexif

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]+esm2?arch=source&distro=trusty/esm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -0.6.21-1ubuntu1+esm2

    Affected versions

    0.6.21-1
    0.6.21-1ubuntu1
    0.6.21-1ubuntu1+esm1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High