VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2019-20016
libmysofa before 2019-11-24 does not properly restrict recursive function calls, as demonstrated by reports of stack consumption in readOHDRHeaderMessageDatatype in dataobject.c and directblockRead in fractalhead.c.
MEDIUM 6.5EPSS 1.69%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.69%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
libmysofa before 2019-11-24 does not properly restrict recursive function calls, as demonstrated by reports of stack consumption in readOHDRHeaderMessageDatatype in dataobject.c and directblockRead in fractalhead.c. NOTE: a download of v0.9 after 2019-12-06 should fully remediate this issue.
- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.69% probability · 76th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-787
- Affected
- symonics/libmysofa
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://github.com/hoene/libmysofa/commit/2e6fac6ab6156dae8e8c6f417741388084b70d6fPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/hoene/libmysofa/issues/83Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/hoene/libmysofa/issues/84Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/hoene/libmysofa/commit/2e6fac6ab6156dae8e8c6f417741388084b70d6fPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/hoene/libmysofa/issues/83Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/hoene/libmysofa/issues/84Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.