Vulnerability · Published Oct 8, 2021 · Assigned by mitre

CVE-2020-22617

Critical 9.8

In plain English

A critical-severity security flaw in the ardour package (Debian). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.3% (higher than 70% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS NVD)9.8Critical
Exploit odds (30 days)1.3%top 29.7% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Ardour v5.12 contains a use-after-free vulnerability in the component ardour/libs/pbd/xml++.cc when using xmlFreeDoc and xmlXPathFreeContext.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12ardour1:6.0.0~ds0-1DEBIAN-CVE-2020-22617
Debian:13ardour1:6.0.0~ds0-1DEBIAN-CVE-2020-22617
Debian:14ardour1:6.0.0~ds0-1DEBIAN-CVE-2020-22617

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
n/a n/a n/a

References