#VU31920 Buffer overflow in LibRaw - CVE-2020-15503
Published: July 27, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU31920
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-15503
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
LibRaw
LibRaw
Software vendor:
LibRaw LLC
LibRaw LLC
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error in "decoders/unpack_thumb.cpp", "postprocessing/mem_image.cpp" and u"tils/thumb_utils.cpp". A remote attacker can trigger memory corruption and cause a denial of service condition on the target system.
Remediation
Install updates from vendor's website.
External links
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00075.html
- https://github.com/LibRaw/LibRaw/commit/20ad21c0d87ca80217aee47533d91e633ce1864d
- https://github.com/LibRaw/LibRaw/compare/0.20-Beta3...0.20-RC1
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7HM2DS6HA4YZREI3BYGS75M6D76WMW62/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CSXAJKZ4VNDYVQULJNY4XDPWHIJDTB4P/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DNGDWTO45TU4KGND75EUUEGUMNSOYC7H/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QCVKD7PTO7UQAVUTBHJAKBKYLPQQGAMZ/
- https://www.libraw.org/news/libraw-0-20-rc1