Vulnerability · Published Apr 21, 2021 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2020-23915
Medium 5.5
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in the retroarch package (Debian). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.9% (higher than 60% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS NVD)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.9%top 40.4% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
An issue was discovered in cpp-peglib through v0.1.12. peg::resolve_escape_sequence() in peglib.h has a heap-based buffer over-read.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | retroarch | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-23915 |
| Debian:13 | retroarch | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-23915 |
| Debian:14 | retroarch | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-23915 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | retroarch | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2020-23915 |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | retroarch | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2020-23915 |
| Ubuntu:26.10 | retroarch | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2020-23915 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | salmon | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2020-23915 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | salmon | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2020-23915 |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | salmon | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2020-23915 |
| Ubuntu:26.10 | salmon | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2020-23915 |
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://github.com/yhirose/cpp-peglib/issues/122 x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/yhirose/cpp-peglib/commit/b3b29ce8f3acf3a32733d930105a17d7b0ba347e x_refsource_MISC
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/126.html x_refsource_MISC