What is CVE-2020-13113?

CVE-2020-13113 is a high-severity vulnerability in Libexif Project, classified under Use of Uninitialized Resource. CVSS score: 8.2/10. Published 2020-05-21.

How severe is CVE-2020-13113?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.2 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Libexif Project

CVE-2020-13113

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.

Published 2020-05-21 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.2 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.019 (78.7th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 79th percentile — 78.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.019 · newest: 0.019 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Libexif Project
Canonical Ubuntu Linux — versions 12.04, 14.04, 16.04
Debian Linux — versions 8.0
openSUSE Leap — versions 15.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-908 — Use of Uninitialized Resource

References

github.com/libexif/libexif/commit/ec412aa4583ad71ecabb967d3c77162760169d1f (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/05/msg00025.html (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-06/msg00017.html (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
usn.ubuntu.com/4396-1/ (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-05 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-13113?: CVE-2020-13113 is a high-severity vulnerability in Libexif Project, classified under Use of Uninitialized Resource. CVSS score: 8.2/10. Published 2020-05-21.
How severe is CVE-2020-13113?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.2 out of 10.