UBUNTU-CVE-2020-35524

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2020-35524

    Published: 31 Dec 2020Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2020-35524

    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://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-35524, https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/merge_requests/159, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4755-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5841-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-35524

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: tiff

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]+esm6?arch=source&distro=trusty/esm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -4.0.3-7ubuntu0.11+esm6

    Affected versions

    4.0.2-4ubuntu3
    4.0.3-5ubuntu1
    4.0.3-6
    4.0.3-6ubuntu1
    4.0.3-7
    4.0.3-7ubuntu0.1
    4.0.3-7ubuntu0.2
    4.0.3-7ubuntu0.3
    4.0.3-7ubuntu0.4
    4.0.3-7ubuntu0.6
    4.0.3-7ubuntu0.7
    4.0.3-7ubuntu0.8
    4.0.3-7ubuntu0.9
    4.0.3-7ubuntu0.10
    4.0.3-7ubuntu0.11
    4.0.3-7ubuntu0.11+esm1
    4.0.3-7ubuntu0.11+esm2
    4.0.3-7ubuntu0.11+esm3
    4.0.3-7ubuntu0.11+esm4
    4.0.3-7ubuntu0.11+esm5

    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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