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CVE-2020-0198

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 4.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2020-06-11 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-190

Description

In exif_data_load_data_content of exif-data.c, there is a possible UBSAN abort due to an integer overflow. This could lead to remote denial of service with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is needed for exploitation.Product: AndroidVersions: Android-10Android ID: A-146428941

Affected products

• Canonical Ubuntu Linux: 12.04, 14.04, 16.04, 18.04, 19.10, 20.04
• Debian Linux: 8.0
• Fedoraproject Fedora: 32, 33
• Android: 10.0
• libexif project libexif: before 0.6.22_p20201105 — fixed in 0.6.22_p20201105

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: libexif project libexif 0.6.22_p20201105. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00020.html
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ELDZR6USD5PR34MRK2ZISLCYJ465FNKN/
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SVBD5JRUQPN4LQHTAAJHA3MR5M7YTAC7/
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202011-19
• https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/pixel/2020-06-01
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/4396-1/
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00020.html
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ELDZR6USD5PR34MRK2ZISLCYJ465FNKN/
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SVBD5JRUQPN4LQHTAAJHA3MR5M7YTAC7/
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202011-19
• https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/pixel/2020-06-01
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/4396-1/

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