Out-of-bounds write in LibRaw - CVE-2020-15365

 

Out-of-bounds write in LibRaw - CVE-2020-15365

Published: June 28, 2020 / Updated: August 8, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU34191
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-15365
CWE-ID: CWE-787
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
LibRaw
Software vendor:
LibRaw LLC

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.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

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