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medium 5.5

CVE-2020-13999 json

ScaleViewPortExtEx in libemf.cpp in libEMF (aka ECMA-234 Metafile Library) 1.0.12 allows an integer overflow and denial of service via a cr…

published 2020-06-15 6 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2020-6168

cvss
5.5
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.3%
EPSS 1.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 70%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

ScaleViewPortExtEx in libemf.cpp in libEMF (aka ECMA-234 Metafile Library) 1.0.12 allows an integer overflow and denial of service via a crafted EMF file.

Patch / fix

  • libemf Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.0.13-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2020-13999

  • libEMF SLE Workstation Extension 15 SP3, openSUSE Leap 15.3 1.0.7-150000.3.6.1
  • libEMF SLE Workstation Extension 12 SP5, SLE Software Development Kit 12 SP5 1.0.7-11.6.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2022:3191-1SUSE-SU-2022:3190-1

  • libEMF openSUSE Tumbleweed 1.0.13-1.6

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10916-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2020-13999 updated cvss 5.5

libemf: Integer overflow which could result in denial of service

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 libEMF
    affected: no fix planned “Out of support scope”

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

1.29% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 70% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-190 Integer Overflow or Wraparound

References

Sources

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