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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2020-35532

In LibRaw, an out-of-bounds read vulnerability exists within the "simple_decode_row()" function (libraw\src\x3f\x3f_utils_patched.cpp) which can be triggered via an image with a large row_stride field.

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31 Oct 2026, 12:41 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2020-35532

core-osv · Original source

Published 1 Sept 2022, 18:15 UTC

In LibRaw, an out-of-bounds read vulnerability exists within the "simple_decode_row()" function (libraw\src\x3f\x3f_utils_patched.cpp) which can be triggered via an image with a large row_stride field.

osv:CVE-2020-35532
Complete source record
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