CVE-2020-35524

Summary

CVECVE-2020-35524
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-03-09 20:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:21:00 UTC
DescriptionA 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-787

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 10.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 33 All All All
Application Libtiff Libtiff All All All All
Application Netapp Ontap Select Deploy Administration Utility - All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 8.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
tiff2pdf.c: properly calculate datasize when saving to JPEG YCbCr (7be2e452) · Commits · Oeronb / libtiff · GitLab MISC gitlab.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
1932044 – (CVE-2020-35524) CVE-2020-35524 libtiff: Heap-based buffer overflow in TIFF2PDF tool MISC bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] [DLA 2694-1] tiff security update MLIST lists.debian.org
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-4869-1 tiff DEBIAN www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 33 Update: libtiff-4.1.0-8.fc33 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
tiff2pdf.c: properly calculate datasize when saving to JPEG YCbCr (!159) · Merge Requests · libtiff / libtiff · GitLab MISC gitlab.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
March 2021 LibTIFF Vulnerabilities in NetApp Products | NetApp Product Security CONFIRM security.netapp.com
libTIFF: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 202104-06) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 33 Update: libtiff-4.1.0-8.fc33 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 159477 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for libtiff (ELSA-2021-4241)
  • 178524 Debian Security Update for tiff (DSA 4869-1)
  • 178685 Debian Security Update for tiff (DLA 2694-1)
  • 199525 Ubuntu Security Notification for LibTIFF Vulnerabilities (USN-5841-1)
  • 239810 Red Hat Update for libtiff (RHSA-2021:4241)
  • 281368 Fedora Security Update for libtiff (FEDORA-2021-1bf4f2f13a)
  • 296067 Oracle Solaris 11.4 Support Repository Update (SRU) 33.94.0 Missing (CPUAPR2021)
  • 353264 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for libtiff : ALAS2-2022-1780
  • 354038 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for libtiff : ALAS-2022-1625
  • 501504 Alpine Linux Security Update for tiff
  • 504473 Alpine Linux Security Update for tiff
  • 670263 EulerOS Security Update for libtiff (EulerOS-SA-2021-1813)
  • 670344 EulerOS Security Update for libtiff (EulerOS-SA-2021-1880)
  • 670374 EulerOS Security Update for libtiff (EulerOS-SA-2021-1951)
  • 670395 EulerOS Security Update for libtiff (EulerOS-SA-2021-1930)
  • 710016 Gentoo Linux libTIFF Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 202104-06)
  • 751716 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for tiff (SUSE-SU-2022:0480-1)
  • 751721 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for tiff (SUSE-SU-2022:0496-1)
  • 751752 OpenSUSE Security Update for tiff (openSUSE-SU-2022:0480-1)
  • 753222 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for tiff (SUSE-SU-2022:14888-1)
  • 900105 CBL-Mariner Linux Security Update for libtiff 4.1.0
  • 901841 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for libtiff (6655-1)
  • 902998 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for libtiff (3963)
  • 940061 AlmaLinux Security Update for libtiff (ALSA-2021:4241)
  • 960705 Rocky Linux Security Update for libtiff (RLSA-2021:4241)
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