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CVE-2020-35524

Publication date 31 December 2020

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.8 · High

Score breakdown

A 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.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
tiff 22.10 kinetic
Not affected
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
21.10 impish
Not affected
21.04 hirsute
Not affected
20.10 groovy
Fixed 4.1.0+git191117-2ubuntu0.20.10.1
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 4.1.0+git191117-2ubuntu0.20.04.1
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 4.0.9-5ubuntu0.4
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 4.0.6-1ubuntu0.8
14.04 LTS trusty

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Patch details

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Package Patch details
tiff

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.8 · High
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-4755-1
    • LibTIFF vulnerabilities
    • 25 February 2021
    • USN-5841-1
    • LibTIFF vulnerabilities
    • 2 February 2023

Other references