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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2020-35530

In LibRaw, there is an out-of-bounds write vulnerability within the "new_node()" function (libraw\src\x3f\x3f_utils_patched.cpp) that can be triggered via a crafted X3F file.

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31 Oct 2026, 12:37 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2020-35530

core-osv · Original source

Published 1 Sept 2022, 18:15 UTC

In LibRaw, there is an out-of-bounds write vulnerability within the "new_node()" function (libraw\src\x3f\x3f_utils_patched.cpp) that can be triggered via a crafted X3F file.

osv:CVE-2020-35530
Complete source record
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