CVE-2020-15503

Description

LibRaw before 0.20-RC1 lacks a thumbnail size range check. This affects decoders/unpack_thumb.cpp, postprocessing/mem_image.cpp, and utils/thumb_utils.cpp. For example, malloc(sizeof(libraw_processed_image_t)+T.tlength) occurs without validating T.tlength.

Category

7.5
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.84% Top 30%
Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://www.libraw.org/news/libraw-0-20-rc1 third party advisory broken link
https://github.com/LibRaw/LibRaw/compare/0.20-Beta3...0.20-RC1 third party advisory release notes
https://github.com/LibRaw/LibRaw/commit/20ad21c0d87ca80217aee47533d91e633ce1864d third party advisory patch
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DNGDWTO45TU4KGND75EUUEGUMNSOYC7H/ vendor advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CSXAJKZ4VNDYVQULJNY4XDPWHIJDTB4P/ vendor advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QCVKD7PTO7UQAVUTBHJAKBKYLPQQGAMZ/ vendor advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7HM2DS6HA4YZREI3BYGS75M6D76WMW62/ vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00075.html mailing list broken link third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00001.html mailing list broken link third party advisory vendor advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/Y34ALB34P3NGQXLF7BG7R6DGRX6XL2JN/ vendor advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YZETDVPZQWZWVGIG6JTIEKP5KPVMUE7Y/ vendor advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/11/msg00042.html third party advisory mailing list

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2020-15503?
CVE-2020-15503 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2020-15503?
To fix CVE-2020-15503, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2020-15503 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2020-15503 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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