Vulnerability · Published Sep 16, 2020 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2020-24890
Medium 5.5
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in the libraw package (Alpine). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.6% (higher than 75% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS NVD)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)1.6%top 24.6% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
libraw 20.0 has a null pointer dereference vulnerability in parse_tiff_ifd in src/metadata/tiff.cpp, which may result in context-dependent arbitrary code execution. Note: this vulnerability occurs only if you compile the software in a certain way
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine:v3.20 | libraw | 0.20.0-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-24890 |
| Alpine:v3.21 | libraw | 0.20.0-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-24890 |
| Alpine:v3.22 | libraw | 0.20.0-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-24890 |
| Alpine:v3.23 | libraw | 0.20.0-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-24890 |
| Alpine:v3.24 | libraw | 0.20.0-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-24890 |
| Debian:12 | libraw | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-24890 |
| Debian:13 | libraw | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-24890 |
| Debian:14 | libraw | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-24890 |
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://github.com/LibRaw/LibRaw/issues/335 x_refsource_MISC
- FEDORA-2020-2d9d628dd2 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA
- GLSA-202010-05 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO