What is CVE-2020-24890?

CVE-2020-24890 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Libraw, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2020-09-16.

How severe is CVE-2020-24890?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

NULL pointer dereference in Libraw

CVE-2020-24890

libraw 20.0 has a null pointer dereference vulnerability in parse_tiff_ifd in src/metadata/tiff.cpp, which may result in context-dependent arbitrary code execution. Note: this vulnerability occurs only if you compile the software in a certain way

EPSS: 0.016 (72.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Libraw — versions 0.20.0
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, Issue Tracking)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_FEDORA, vendor-advisory)
cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-24890?: CVE-2020-24890 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Libraw, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2020-09-16.
How severe is CVE-2020-24890?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.