VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2020-22219
Buffer Overflow vulnerability in function bitwriter_grow_ in flac before 1.4.0 allows remote attackers to run arbitrary code via crafted input to the encoder.
HIGH 7.8EPSS 0.81%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.81%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Buffer Overflow vulnerability in function bitwriter_grow_ in flac before 1.4.0 allows remote attackers to run arbitrary code via crafted input to the encoder.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.81% probability · 55th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-120
- Affected
- flac project/flac
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://github.com/xiph/flac/issues/215Exploit, Issue Tracking
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/09/msg00028.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZD2AJTU4PCJQP7HPTS2L2ELJWBASCRGD/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5500
- https://github.com/xiph/flac/issues/215Exploit, Issue Tracking
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/09/msg00028.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZD2AJTU4PCJQP7HPTS2L2ELJWBASCRGD/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5500
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.