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CVE-2020-35532 json

In LibRaw, an out-of-bounds read vulnerability exists within the "simple_decode_row()" function (libraw\src\x3f\x3f_utils_patched.cpp) whic…

published 4y ago modified 3mo ago also EUVD-2020-23199 , JLSEC-2026-1104

cvss
5.5
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.4%
EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 33%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

In LibRaw, an out-of-bounds read vulnerability exists within the "simple_decode_row()" function (libraw\src\x3f\x3f_utils_patched.cpp) which can be triggered via an image with a large row_stride field.

Patch / fix

  • julia LibRaw_jll 0.22.1+0
  • libraw Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 0.20.0-4

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2020-35532

  • libraw Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 0.18.8-1ubuntu0.4
  • libraw Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 0.19.5-1ubuntu1.1
  • digikam Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS 4:5.6.0-0ubuntu10+esm1
  • digikam Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS 4:6.4.0+dfsg-3ubuntu0.1~esm1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2020-35532

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • libraw Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22 +5 more 0.20.0-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2020-35532

Alpine secdb © Alpine Linux, from https://secdb.alpinelinux.org via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

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Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2020-35532 updated cvss 5.5

LibRaw: Out-of-bounds read in simple_decode_row() function

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 libraw1394 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 LibRaw, libraw1394
    affected: no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 LibRaw, libraw1394 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 LibRaw, libraw1394
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

0.39% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 33% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • github.com https://github.com/LibRaw/LibRaw/issues/271 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
OSV 3.1 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
julia LibRaw_jll
<0.22.1+0
0.22.1+0

Affected products

  • n/a LibRaw

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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