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libexif — security advisory

Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: ALPINE-CVE-2020-13112

An issue was discovered in libexif before 0.6.22. Several buffer over-reads in EXIF MakerNote handling could lead to information disclosure and crashes. This is different from CVE-2020-0093.

Products
libexif
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
0.6.22-r0
CVEs
CVE-2020-13112
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
1 Nov 2026, 12:01 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

ALPINE-CVE-2020-13112

core-osv · Original source

Published 21 May 2020, 16:15 UTC

An issue was discovered in libexif before 0.6.22. Several buffer over-reads in EXIF MakerNote handling could lead to information disclosure and crashes. This is different from CVE-2020-0093.

osv:ALPINE-CVE-2020-13112

libexif

Fixed versions: 0.6.22-r0

libexif

Fixed versions: 0.6.22-r0

libexif

Fixed versions: 0.6.22-r0

libexif

Fixed versions: 0.6.22-r0

libexif

Fixed versions: 0.6.22-r0

Complete source record
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