Vulnerability · Published Aug 18, 2022 · Assigned by redhat

CVE-2020-27787

Medium 5.5

In plain English

A medium-severity memory corruption in upx. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 36% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS NVD)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 64.1% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A Segmentaation fault was found in UPX in invert_pt_dynamic() function in p_lx_elf.cpp. An attacker with a crafted input file allows invalid memory address access that could lead to a denial of service.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:13upx-ucl3.96-1DEBIAN-CVE-2020-27787
Debian:14upx-ucl3.96-1DEBIAN-CVE-2020-27787

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
n/a upx Fixed in v3.96.

Weakness: CWE-119

References