Out-of-bounds write in LibRaw



Published: 2020-06-28 | Updated: 2020-08-08
Risk Medium
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2020-15365
CWE-ID CWE-787
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
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LibRaw
Universal components / Libraries / Libraries used by multiple products

Vendor LibRaw LLC

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.

1) Out-of-bounds write

EUVDB-ID: #VU34191

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 5.7 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2020-15365

CWE-ID: CWE-787 - Out-of-bounds write

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

LibRaw before 0.20-Beta3 has an out-of-bounds write in parse_exif() in metadataexif_gps.cpp via an unrecognized AtomName and a zero value of tiff_nifds.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

LibRaw: 0.20

External links

http://github.com/LibRaw/LibRaw/compare/0.20-Beta2...0.20-Beta3
http://github.com/LibRaw/LibRaw/issues/301


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.



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