| Name | CVE-2018-20030 |
| Description | 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-2214-1, DLA-2222-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 918730 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| libexif (PTS) | bullseye | 0.6.22-3 | fixed |
| sid, trixie, bookworm | 0.6.24-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Notes
https://secuniaresearch.flexerasoftware.com/secunia_research/2018-28/
https://github.com/libexif/libexif/commit/6aa11df549114ebda520dde4cdaea2f9357b2c89