CVE Catalog

CVE-2020-21838

HighCVSS 8.8
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Elevated risk
1.06%

61th percentile - higher than 61% of all known CVEs

Summary

A heap buffer overflow vulnerability exists in GNU LibreDWG version 0.10 in the read_2004_section_appinfo function at ../../src/decode.c:2842. The flaw occurs when processing specially crafted DWG files.

Risk Assessment

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

Recommendation

Update GNU LibreDWG to the latest available version that includes a fix for this vulnerability. If an update is not possible, restrict processing of untrusted DWG files.

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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_appinfo ../../src/decode.c:2842.

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