VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2020-35524
A heap-based buffer overflow flaw was found in libtiff in the handling of TIFF images in libtiff's TIFF2PDF tool.
HIGH 7.8EPSS 1.85%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.85%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
A heap-based buffer overflow flaw was found in libtiff in the handling of TIFF images in libtiff's TIFF2PDF tool. A specially crafted TIFF file can lead to arbitrary code execution. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality, integrity, as well as system availability.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.85% probability · 78th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-787
- Affected
- libtiff/libtiff · debian/debian linux · fedoraproject/fedora · netapp/ontap select deploy administration utility · redhat/enterprise linux
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1932044Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/merge_requests/159Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://gitlab.com/rzkn/libtiff/-/commit/7be2e452ddcf6d7abca88f41d3761e6edab72b22Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/06/msg00023.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BMHBYFMX3D5VGR6Y3RXTTH3Q4NF4E6IG/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202104-06Third Party Advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210521-0009/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4869Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1932044Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/merge_requests/159Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://gitlab.com/rzkn/libtiff/-/commit/7be2e452ddcf6d7abca88f41d3761e6edab72b22Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/06/msg00023.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BMHBYFMX3D5VGR6Y3RXTTH3Q4NF4E6IG/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202104-06Third Party Advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210521-0009/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4869Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.