Libraw
CVE-2020-24889
HIGH
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
ASVS 5.0
V15 - Secure Coding and Architecture Buffer copy size validation
MITRE ATT&CK
1 technique across 1 tactic: Execution The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Impact | CVSS score of 7.8 (HIGH). Attack characteristics: local attack vector, low complexity, no privileges required, user interaction required. Public proof-of-concept exploit code is available. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | A local attacker with access to the system could overflow a buffer to corrupt adjacent memory. No authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability. |
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A buffer overflow vulnerability in LibRaw version < 20.0 LibRaw::GetNormalizedModel in src/metadata/normalize_model.cpp may lead to context-dependent arbitrary code execution. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.
RemediationAI
No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Always validate buffer sizes before copy operations. Use bounded functions (strncpy, snprintf). Enable compiler protections.
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This vulnerability is classified as Buffer Copy without Size Check (CWE-120), which allows attackers to overflow a buffer to corrupt adjacent memory. A buffer overflow vulnerability in LibRaw version < 20.0 LibRaw::GetNormalizedModel in src/metadata/normalize_model.cpp may lead to context-dependent arbitrary code execution. Affected products include: Libraw.
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CVSS VectorNVD
DescriptionNVD
A buffer overflow vulnerability in LibRaw version < 20.0 LibRaw::GetNormalizedModel in src/metadata/normalize_model.cpp may lead to context-dependent arbitrary code execution.
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Attack Technique
A buffer overflow occurs when a program writes more data to a memory buffer than it was allocated to hold, causing the excess data to spill into adjacent memory regions.
Remote Code Execution represents the critical moment when an attacker successfully runs arbitrary code on a target system without physical access.
Affected Products (CPE)NVD
There is a stack-based buffer overflow in the parse_makernote function of dcraw_common.cpp in LibRaw 0.19.1. Rated high
Multiple double free vulnerabilities in the LibRaw::unpack function in libraw_cxx.cpp in LibRaw before 0.15.2 allow cont
Buffer overflow in the exposure correction code in LibRaw before 0.15.1 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a de
Heap-based buffer overflow in LibRaw's lossless JPEG processing (commits 0b56545 and d20315b) allows unauthenticated rem
A flaw was found in LibRaw. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authenticat
LibRaw before 0.20-Beta3 has an out-of-bounds write in parse_exif() in metadata\exif_gps.cpp via an unrecognized AtomNam
LibRaw::raw2image() in libraw_cxx.cpp has a heap-based buffer overflow. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.5), this vulnerabi
LibRaw::copy_bayer in libraw_cxx.cpp in LibRaw 0.19.1 has a NULL pointer dereference. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.5),
LibRaw::raw2image in libraw_cxx.cpp in LibRaw 0.19.1 has a NULL pointer dereference. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.5), t
A Stack-based Buffer Overflow was discovered in xtrans_interpolate in internal/dcraw_common.cpp in LibRaw before 0.18.3.
An error within the "parse_tiff_ifd()" function (internal/dcraw_common.cpp) in LibRaw versions before 0.18.2 can be expl
A boundary error within the "foveon_load_camf()" function (dcraw_foveon.c) when initializing a huffman table in LibRaw-d
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