Vulnerability · Published Aug 22, 2023 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2020-35357
Medium 6.5
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in the gsl package (Debian). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.0% (higher than 62% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS NVD)6.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)1.0%top 38.1% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
A buffer overflow can occur when calculating the quantile value using the Statistics Library of GSL (GNU Scientific Library), versions 2.5 and 2.6. Processing a maliciously crafted input data for gsl_stats_quantile_from_sorted_data of the library may lead to unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | gsl | 2.7.1+dfsg-5+deb12u1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-35357 |
| Debian:13 | gsl | 2.7.1+dfsg-6 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-35357 |
| Debian:14 | gsl | 2.7.1+dfsg-6 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-35357 |