PT-2020-6397

CVE-2020-24870

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Published

2020-08-19

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Updated

2022-12-09

Description by

CVSS 3.1
8.8
High
MetricsAV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Libraw versions prior to 0.20.1
Description The issue is related to a stack buffer overflow in the LibRaw::identify process dng fields function within the identify.cpp component of the Libraw image processing library. This overflow can be exploited by a remote attacker to gain access to confidential data, compromise data integrity, and cause a denial of service.
Recommendations For versions prior to 0.20.1, update to version 0.20.1 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting the use of the LibRaw::identify process dng fields function in identify.cpp until a patch is applied.
Exploitability
Fix
Impacts
Researchers
Vendors
Affected products
Weakness enumeration
Related identifiers
ALSA-2021:4381
ALT-PU-2020-3199
CESA-2021_4381
RHSA-2021:4381
RHSA-2021_4381
RLSA-2021:4381
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