CVE-2020-13995
Air Force Sensor Data Management System extract75 has a buffer overflow that leads to code execution.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.71%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
U.S. Air Force Sensor Data Management System extract75 has a buffer overflow that leads to code execution. An overflow in a global variable (sBuffer) leads to a Write-What-Where outcome. Writing beyond sBuffer will clobber most global variables until reaching a pointer such as DES_info or image_info. By controlling that pointer, one achieves an arbitrary write when its fields are assigned. The data written is from a potentially untrusted NITF file in the form of an integer. The attacker can gain control of the instruction pointer.
- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 2.71% probability · 85th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-787
- Affected
- airforce/nitf extract utility
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://www.riverloopsecurity.com/blog/2020/09/nitf-extract75-cve-2020-13995/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.riverloopsecurity.com/blog/2020/09/nitf-extract75-cve-2020-13995/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.