CVE Catalog

CVE-2020-21843

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 in the bit_read_RC function in bits.c. An attacker could exploit this to execute arbitrary code or cause a system crash.

Risk Assessment

An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to gain control of the system or cause a denial of service (DoS), threatening data confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

Recommendation

Immediately update GNU LibreDWG to the latest available version that includes a fix for CVE-2020-21843. 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 bit_read_RC ../../src/bits.c:318.

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