VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2020-28928
In musl libc through 1.2.1, wcsnrtombs mishandles particular combinations of destination buffer size and source character limit, as demonstrated by an invalid write access (buffer overflow).
MEDIUM 5.5EPSS 0.65%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.65%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
In musl libc through 1.2.1, wcsnrtombs mishandles particular combinations of destination buffer size and source character limit, as demonstrated by an invalid write access (buffer overflow).
- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.65% probability · 49th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-787
- Affected
- musl-libc/musl · debian/debian linux · fedoraproject/fedora · oracle/graalvm
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/11/20/4Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r2134abfe847bea7795f0e53756d10a47e6643f35ab8169df8b8a9eb1%40%3Cnotifications.apisix.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r90b60cf49348e515257b4950900c1bd3ab95a960cf2469d919c7264e%40%3Cnotifications.apisix.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ra63e8dc5137d952afc55dbbfa63be83304ecf842d1eab1ff3ebb29e2%40%3Cnotifications.apisix.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/11/msg00050.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LKQ3RVSMVZNZNO4D65W2CZZ4DMYFZN2Q/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UW27QVY7ERPTSGKS4KAWE5TU7EJWHKVQ/
- https://musl.libc.org/releases.htmlRelease Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/11/20/4Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r2134abfe847bea7795f0e53756d10a47e6643f35ab8169df8b8a9eb1%40%3Cnotifications.apisix.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r90b60cf49348e515257b4950900c1bd3ab95a960cf2469d919c7264e%40%3Cnotifications.apisix.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ra63e8dc5137d952afc55dbbfa63be83304ecf842d1eab1ff3ebb29e2%40%3Cnotifications.apisix.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/11/msg00050.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LKQ3RVSMVZNZNO4D65W2CZZ4DMYFZN2Q/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UW27QVY7ERPTSGKS4KAWE5TU7EJWHKVQ/
- https://musl.libc.org/releases.htmlRelease Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.