CVE Catalog

CVE-2020-21818

HighCVSS 8.8
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Elevated risk
1.11%

62th percentile - higher than 62% of all known CVEs

Summary

A heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability was found in GNU LibreDWG version 0.10.2641 in the htmlescape function within escape.c at line 48. This flaw allows uncontrolled memory writes beyond the allocated buffer.

Risk Assessment

An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service, compromising the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the system.

Recommendation

Update GNU LibreDWG to the latest patched version immediately. If an update is not possible, restrict access to applications using this library.

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Original NVD description (English source)

A heap based buffer overflow vulnerability exists in GNU LibreDWG 0.10.2641 via htmlescape ../../programs/escape.c:48.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS