CVE-2020-35524

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    CVE-2020-35524

    Published: 9 Mar 2021Last Modified: 8 Jul 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BMHBYFMX3D5VGR6Y3RXTTH3Q4NF4E6IG/, https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/06/msg00023.html, https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202104-06, https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210521-0009/, https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4869, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1932044, https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/merge_requests/159, https://gitlab.com/rzkn/libtiff/-/commit/7be2e452ddcf6d7abca88f41d3761e6edab72b22

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -4862b0d7bcc786304ff4e8c31e8d5ccfb868fb99

    Affected versions

    v4.1.0

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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