What is CVE-2020-15365?

CVE-2020-15365 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Libraw, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2020-06-28.

How severe is CVE-2020-15365?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Libraw

CVE-2020-15365

LibRaw before 0.20-Beta3 has an out-of-bounds write in parse_exif() in metadata\exif_gps.cpp via an unrecognized AtomName and a zero value of tiff_nifds.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2020-06-28 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.013 (69.8th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 70th percentile — 69.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.013 · newest: 0.013 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Libraw — versions 0.20

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write

References

github.com/LibRaw/LibRaw/compare/0.20-Beta2...0.20-Beta3 (Third Party Advisory)
github.com/LibRaw/LibRaw/issues/301 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-15365?: CVE-2020-15365 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Libraw, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2020-06-28.
How severe is CVE-2020-15365?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.