CVE-2021-32142 (GCVE-0-2021-32142)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-02-17 00:00 – Updated: 2025-03-19 14:15
VLAI
Summary
Buffer Overflow vulnerability in LibRaw linux/unix v0.20.0 allows attacker to escalate privileges via the LibRaw_buffer_datastream::gets(char*, int) in /src/libraw/src/libraw_datastream.cpp.
Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
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