CVE-2020-35524

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-35524
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2020-35524.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2020-35524
Downstream
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ALSA (1)
AZL (1)
BELL (1)
CLEANSTART (1)
DEBIAN (1)
JLSEC (1)
MGASA (1)
OESA (1)
openSUSE (2)
RHSA (1)
RLSA (1)
SUSE (3)
UBUNTU (1)
Related
ALSA (1)
openSUSE (2)
SUSE (3)
Published
2021-03-09T20:15:13Z
Modified
2026-10-24T14:12:08Z
Severity
  • 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

Database specific 
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        },
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            "cpes": [
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                "cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
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}
References

Affected packages

Git / gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Fixed
4862b0d7bcc786304ff4e8c31e8d5ccfb868fb99
Database specific
Show details 
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            "range": [
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                },
                {
                    "fixed": "4.2.0"
                }
            ],
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        }
    ]
}

Affected versions

v3.*
v3.5.3
v3.5.4
v3.5.5
v3.5.7
v3.6.0
v3.6.0beta2
v3.6.1
v3.7.0
v3.7.0alpha
v3.7.0beta
v3.7.0beta2
v3.7.1
v3.7.2
v3.7.3
v3.7.4
v3.8.0
v3.8.1
v3.8.2
v4.*
v4.0.0
v4.0.0alpha
v4.0.0alpha4
v4.0.0alpha5
v4.0.0alpha6
v4.0.0beta7
v4.0.1
v4.0.10
v4.0.2
v4.0.3
v4.0.4
v4.0.4beta
v4.0.5
v4.0.6
v4.0.7
v4.0.8
v4.0.9
v4.1.0

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2020-35524.json"

Git / gitlab.com/rzkn/libtiff

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://gitlab.com/rzkn/libtiff
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Fixed
7be2e452ddcf6d7abca88f41d3761e6edab72b22
Database specific
Show details 
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                }
            ],
            "source": "REFERENCES_COMMIT"
        }
    ]
}

Affected versions

Other
Pre360
Release-
Release-3-7-0
Release-v3-5-
Release-v3-5-4
Release-v3-5-5
Release-v3-5-7
Release-v3-6-0
Release-v3-6-0beta2
Release-v3-6-1
Release-v3-7-0-alpha
Release-v3-7-0beta
Release-v3-7-0beta2
Release-v3-7-1
Release-v3-7-2
Release-v3-7-3
Release-v3-7-4
Release-v3-8-0
Release-v3-8-1
Release-v3-8-2
Release-v4-0-0
Release-v4-0-0alpha
Release-v4-0-0alpha4
Release-v4-0-0alpha5
Release-v4-0-0alpha6
Release-v4-0-0beta7
Release-v4-0-1
Release-v4-0-2
Release-v4-0-3
Release-v4-0-4
Release-v4-0-4beta
Release-v4-0-5
Release-v4-0-6
Release-v4-0-7
Release-v4-0-8
Release-v4-0-9
v4.*
v4.0.10
v4.1.0

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2020-35524.json"
vanir_signatures 
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vanir_signatures_modified 
"2026-10-24T14:12:08Z"