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

CVE-2020-24889

High
7.8/10

Summary

A buffer overflow vulnerability in LibRaw version prior to 0.20.0 "LibRaw::GetNormalizedModel" in "src/metadata/normalize_model.cpp" may lead to context-dependent arbitrary code execution.

  • LOW
  • LOCAL
  • HIGH
  • UNCHANGED
  • REQUIRED
  • NONE
  • HIGH
  • 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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