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TI-2020-12207 Aliases CVE-2020-15503GHSA-2w4r-7g95-jpmw

LibRaw before 0.20-RC1 lacks a thumbnail size range check.

Priority LOW 39CWE-20Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · High
Fix status
Partial Red Hat: 2 fixed, 1 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.

Summary

LibRaw before 0.20-RC1 lacks a thumbnail size range check. This affects decoders/unpack_thumb.cpp, postprocessing/mem_image.cpp, and utils/thumb_utils.cpp. For example, malloc(sizeof(libraw_processed_image_t)+T.tlength) occurs without validating T.tlength.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.03672 89th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial Red Hat: 1 advisoryRed Hat: 2 fixed, 1 without a fix

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 7

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:libraw:libraw:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 0.19.5VulnerableLibRaw
cpe:2.3:a:libraw:libraw:0.20:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*0.20 beta1VulnerableLibRaw
cpe:2.3:a:libraw:libraw:0.20:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*0.20 beta2VulnerableLibRaw
cpe:2.3:a:libraw:libraw:0.20:beta3:*:*:*:*:*:*0.20 beta3VulnerableLibRaw
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:31:*:*:*:*:*:*:*31VulnerableFedoraproject
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:*:*:*:*:*:*:*32VulnerableFedoraproject
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*10.0VulnerableDebian
  • cpe:2.3:a:libraw:libraw:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 0.19.5 Vulnerable ·LibRaw
  • cpe:2.3:a:libraw:libraw:0.20:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.20 beta1 Vulnerable ·LibRaw
  • cpe:2.3:a:libraw:libraw:0.20:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.20 beta2 Vulnerable ·LibRaw
  • cpe:2.3:a:libraw:libraw:0.20:beta3:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.20 beta3 Vulnerable ·LibRaw
  • cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:31:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 31 Vulnerable ·Fedoraproject
  • cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 32 Vulnerable ·Fedoraproject
  • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 10.0 Vulnerable ·Debian

Remediation

Red Hat 1 advisory

  • RHSA-2020:4451 Released 2020-11-04 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    GNOME security, bug fix, and enhancement update
    • Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 8) LibRaw-devel-0.19.5-2.el8
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) LibRaw-0.19.5-2.el8, gnome-settings-daemon-3.32.0-11.el8, webkit2gtk3-2.28.4-1.el8 +3

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Low. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7AffectedNo fix yet: Fix deferred
Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 8)Fixed RHSA-2020:4451
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)Fixed RHSA-2020:4451
Not affected: 6 products
  • Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 8)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-15503
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-2w4r-7g95-jpmw

References

Patch 1

Advisory 11

Sources

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