Vulnerability · Published Mar 12, 2021 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2020-36279
High 7.5
In plain English
A high-severity security flaw in the leptonlib package (Debian). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 2.6% (higher than 85% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS NVD)7.5High
Exploit odds (30 days)2.6%top 14.7% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
Leptonica before 1.80.0 allows a heap-based buffer over-read in rasteropGeneralLow, related to adaptmap_reg.c and adaptmap.c.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | leptonlib | 1.79.0-1.1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-36279 |
| Debian:13 | leptonlib | 1.79.0-1.1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-36279 |
| Debian:14 | leptonlib | 1.79.0-1.1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-36279 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | leptonlib | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2020-36279 |
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://github.com/DanBloomberg/leptonica/compare/1.79.0...1.80.0 x_refsource_MISC
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=22512 x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/DanBloomberg/leptonica/commit/3c18c43b6a3f753f0dfff99610d46ad46b8bfac4 x_refsource_MISC
- [debian-lts-announce] 20210331 [SECURITY] [DLA 2612-1] leptonlib security update mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST
- FEDORA-2021-977ebc82da vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA
- FEDORA-2021-f5f2803fff vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA
- GLSA-202107-53 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO