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Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')

CVE-2020-22628

Medium
6.5/10

Summary

In libraw package versions prior to 0.20-RC2 contains a Buffer Overflow vulnerability in "LibRaw::identify()" function of "src/metadata/identify.cpp" file.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • UNCHANGED
  • REQUIRED
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • HIGH

CWE-120 - Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')

The program copies an input buffer to an output buffer without verifying that the size of the input buffer is less than the size of the output buffer, leading to a buffer overflow.

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