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.

The Unity Linux 20 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the UTSA-2026-016697 advisory.

    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.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Unity Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - 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. (CVE-2020-13999)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

The remote SUSE Linux SLED12 / SLED_SAP12 / SLES12 / SLES_SAP12 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2022:3190-1 advisory.

  - 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. (CVE-2020-13999)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLED_SAP15 / SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2022:3191-1 advisory.

  - 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. (CVE-2020-13999)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

This release fixes security issue CVE-2020-13999 .

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website.
Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
316136	Unity Linux 20.1070e Security Update: libEMF (UTSA-2026-016697)	Nessus	Unity Linux Local Security Checks	medium
259074	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2020-13999	Nessus	Misc.	medium
164924	SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : libEMF (SUSE-SU-2022:3190-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	medium
164901	SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : libEMF (SUSE-SU-2022:3191-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	medium
137927	Fedora 32 : libEMF (2020-964e46d289)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	medium
137925	Fedora 31 : libEMF (2020-4407a1983d)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	medium

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