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CVE-2020-24977: Out-of-bounds Read

September 4, 2020 (updated October 20, 2021)

GNOME project libxml2 v2.9.10 has a global buffer over-read vulnerability in xmlEncodeEntitiesInternal at libxml2/entities.c. The issue has been fixed in commit f06b3e.

References

  • lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00036.html
  • lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00061.html
  • gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/commit/50f06b3efb638efb0abd95dc62dca05ae67882c2
  • gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/issues/178
  • lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf9fa47ab66495c78bb4120b0754dd9531ca2ff0430f6685ac9b07772@%3Cdev.mina.apache.org%3E
  • lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/09/msg00009.html
  • lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2NQ5GTDYOVH26PBCPYXXMGW5ZZXWMGZC/
  • lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5KTUAGDLEHTH6HU66HBFAFTSQ3OKRAN3/
  • lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/674LQPJO2P2XTBTREFR5LOZMBTZ4PZAY/
  • lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7KQXOHIE3MNY3VQXEN7LDQUJNIHOVHAW/
  • lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ENEHQIBMSI6TZVS35Y6I4FCTYUQDLJVP/
  • lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/H3IQ7OQXBKWD3YP7HO6KCNOMLE5ZO2IR/
  • lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/J3ICASXZI2UQYFJAOQWHSTNWGED3VXOE/
  • lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JCHXIWR5DHYO3RSO7RAHEC6VJKXD2EH2/
  • lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/O7MEWYKIKMV2SKMGH4IDWVU3ZGJXBCPQ/
  • lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RIQAMBA2IJUTQG5VOP5LZVIZRNCKXHEQ/
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-24977
  • security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-05
  • security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200924-0001/
  • www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html

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Affected versions

All versions

Solution

Unfortunately, there is no solution available yet.

Impact 6.5 MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L

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Weakness

  • CWE-125: Out-of-bounds Read

Source file

nuget/libxml2.vc140_xp.mt.static.x86/CVE-2020-24977.yml

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