# CVE-2020-35524: A heap-based buffer overflow flaw was found in libtiff in the handling of TIFF images in libtiff's TIFF2PDF tool.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2021-03-09 · Updated: 2024-08-04

## Affected

- n/a libtiff: libtiff 4.2.0

## 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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a libtiff, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- https://gitlab.com/rzkn/libtiff/-/commit/7be2e452ddcf6d7abca88f41d3761e6edab72b22
- https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/merge_requests/159
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1932044
- https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4869
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BMHBYFMX3D5VGR6Y3RXTTH3Q4NF4E6IG/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202104-06
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/06/msg00023.html
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210521-0009/

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