Out-of-bounds Read Vulnerability in libbsd by FreeDesktop
CVE-2019-20367

9.1CRITICAL

Key Information:

Vendor

Freedesktop

Status
Libbsd
Vendor
CVE Published:
8 January 2020

What is CVE-2019-20367?

The out-of-bounds read vulnerability in libbsd prior to version 0.10.0 can occur during a comparison for a symbol name retrieved from the string table. This issue may lead to unintended data exposure or application crashes, posing a risk to systems utilizing this library if not properly mitigated.

References

https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/libbsd/2019-August...
x_refsource_MISC
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/libbsd/libbsd/commit/9d917...
x_refsource_MISC
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4243-1/
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU

CVSS V3.1

Score:
9.1
Severity:
CRITICAL
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
None
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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