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CVE-2020-24870

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2021-06-02 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-787

Description

Libraw before 0.20.1 has a stack buffer overflow via LibRaw::identify_process_dng_fields in identify.cpp.

Affected products

• LibRaw: before 0.20.1 — fixed in 0.20.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: LibRaw 0.20.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/LibRaw/LibRaw/commit/4feaed4dea636cee4fee010f615881ccf76a096d
• https://github.com/LibRaw/LibRaw/issues/330
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-07
• https://github.com/LibRaw/LibRaw/commit/4feaed4dea636cee4fee010f615881ccf76a096d
• https://github.com/LibRaw/LibRaw/issues/330
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-07

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