CVE-2020-35534 Memory corruption in LibRaw

Medium 5.5 Published Updated

A memory corruption flaw in LibRaw allows attackers to cause denial of service or potentially execute code via malicious CR3 files.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
A user has to click or open something
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2020-35534?

CVE-2020-35534 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Libraw Libraw, published on 1 Sep 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

In LibRaw, there is a memory corruption vulnerability within the "crxFreeSubbandData()" function (libraw\src\decoders\crx.cpp) when processing cr3 files.

Weakness: CWE-770, CWE-400

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-35534?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Libraw Libraw.

How do I fix CVE-2020-35534?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2020-35534 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-35534 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Libraw Libraw vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2020-35534, GHSA-x25w-vrh8-84v4, JLSEC-2026-1106, UBUNTU-CVE-2020-35534.

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