VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2020-35524

CVSS score7.8 HIGH
EPSS probability1.85%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2021-03-09
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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.

Weakness classification

  • secalert@redhat.com: CWE-787
  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-787

Primary references