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CVE-2020-35357

Date: August 21, 2023

A buffer overflow can occur when calculating the quantile value using the Statistics Library of GSL (GNU Scientific Library), versions 2.5 and 2.6. Processing a maliciously crafted input data for gsl_stats_quantile_from_sorted_data of the library may lead to unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution.

Language: C

Severity Score

Related Resources (6)

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/09/msg00023.html
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/12/msg00006.html
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-35357
https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?59624
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/gsl.git/commit/?id=989a193268b963aa1047814f7f1402084fb7d859
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2020-35357

Severity Score

Weakness Type (CWE)

Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')

CWE-120

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC): LOW
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): REQUIRED
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): HIGH

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