CVE Catalog

CVE-2020-21827

HighCVSS 7.8
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Elevated risk
0.89%

55th percentile - higher than 55% of all known CVEs

Summary

A heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability was found in GNU LibreDWG version 0.10 in the read_2004_compressed_section function in decode.c at line 2379. This flaw could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service.

Risk Assessment

An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to take control of an application using LibreDWG, potentially leading to data leakage, file corruption, or full system compromise.

Recommendation

Immediately update GNU LibreDWG to the latest available version that includes a fix for this vulnerability. If an update is not possible, restrict access to applications using LibreDWG and monitor their behavior.

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Original NVD description (English source)

A heap based buffer overflow vulnerability exists in GNU LibreDWG 0.10 via read_2004_compressed_section ../../src/decode.c:2379.

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