Vulnerability · Published Jan 13, 2020 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2020-6860
High 8.8
In plain English
A high-severity security flaw in the libmysofa package (Debian). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.7% (higher than 77% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS NVD)8.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)1.7%top 22.9% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
libmysofa 0.9.1 has a stack-based buffer overflow in readDataVar in hdf/dataobject.c during the reading of a header message attribute.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | libmysofa | 1.0~dfsg0-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-6860 |
| Debian:13 | libmysofa | 1.0~dfsg0-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-6860 |
| Debian:14 | libmysofa | 1.0~dfsg0-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-6860 |
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://github.com/hoene/libmysofa/issues/96 x_refsource_MISC
- FEDORA-2021-36ac17e5ac vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA
- FEDORA-2021-28b495e9e0 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA