Vulnerability · Published Mar 12, 2021 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2020-36280
High 7.5
In plain English
A high-severity security flaw in the leptonlib package (Debian). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 2.4% (higher than 84% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS NVD)7.5High
Exploit odds (30 days)2.4%top 16.2% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
Leptonica before 1.80.0 allows a heap-based buffer over-read in pixReadFromTiffStream, related to tiffio.c.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | leptonlib | 1.79.0-1.1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-36280 |
| Debian:13 | leptonlib | 1.79.0-1.1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-36280 |
| Debian:14 | leptonlib | 1.79.0-1.1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-36280 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | leptonlib | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2020-36280 |
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://github.com/DanBloomberg/leptonica/compare/1.79.0...1.80.0 x_refsource_MISC
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=23654 x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/DanBloomberg/leptonica/commit/5ba34b1fe741d69d43a6c8cf767756997eadd87c x_refsource_MISC
- FEDORA-2021-977ebc82da vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA
- FEDORA-2021-f5f2803fff vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA
- GLSA-202107-53 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO