CVE Catalog

CVE-2020-21842

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 was found in GNU LibreDWG version 0.10. The issue occurs in the read_2004_section_revhistory function at src/decode.c:3051.

Risk Assessment

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

Recommendation

Update GNU LibreDWG to the latest patched version. 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 via read_2004_section_revhistory ../../src/decode.c:3051.

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