CVE-2020-35524

HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: March 9, 2021 at 07:17 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:13 AM UTC
5 products affected across 5 vendorsDebian LinuxFedoraEnterprise Linux

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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%

Description

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 4.2.04.2.0
Affected range stops below 4.2.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

CVSS

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-787

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