FKIE_CVE-2020-24890

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2020-09-16 15:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 03:06
Severity
5.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Summary
libraw 20.0 has a null pointer dereference vulnerability in parse_tiff_ifd in src/metadata/tiff.cpp, which may result in context-dependent arbitrary code execution. Note: this vulnerability occurs only if you compile the software in a certain way
References
cve@mitre.orghttps://github.com/LibRaw/LibRaw/issues/335Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EWHUZCRMGOC3QS6C65KWBM6ZJM25V6HI/
cve@mitre.orghttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202010-05
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/LibRaw/LibRaw/issues/335Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EWHUZCRMGOC3QS6C65KWBM6ZJM25V6HI/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202010-05
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
libraw libraw 0.20.0
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