CVE Catalog

CVE-2020-21833

HighCVSS 8.8
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Elevated risk
1.12%

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

Summary

A heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability exists in GNU LibreDWG version 0.10 in the read_2004_section_classes function at decode.c:2440. This flaw can be exploited by an attacker to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service.

Risk Assessment

An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to gain control of the system or trigger a denial of service, compromising data confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

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 this library.

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Original NVD description (English source)

A heap based buffer overflow vulnerability exits in GNU LibreDWG 0.10 via: read_2004_section_classes ../../src/decode.c:2440.

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