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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2020-24890

libraw 20.0 has a null pointer dereference vulnerability in parse_tiff_ifd in src/metadata/tiff.cpp, which may result in context-dependent arbitrary code execution. Note: this vulnerability occurs only if you compile the software in a certain way

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31 Oct 2026, 11:25 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2020-24890

core-osv · Original source

Published 16 Sept 2020, 15:15 UTC

libraw 20.0 has a null pointer dereference vulnerability in parse_tiff_ifd in src/metadata/tiff.cpp, which may result in context-dependent arbitrary code execution. Note: this vulnerability occurs only if you compile the software in a certain way

osv:CVE-2020-24890
Complete source record
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