What is CVE-2016-20011?

CVE-2016-20011 is a high-severity vulnerability in Gnome Libgrss, classified under Improper Certificate Validation. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2021-05-25.

How severe is CVE-2016-20011?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Gnome Libgrss

CVE-2016-20011

libgrss through 0.7.0 fails to perform TLS certificate verification when downloading feeds, allowing remote attackers to manipulate the contents of feeds without detection. This occurs because of the default behavior of SoupSessionSync.

Vulnerability class: Improper Certificate Validation

EPSS: 0.015 (71.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Gnome Libgrss
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-295 — Improper Certificate Validation

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (Patch, Mailing List, x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-20011?: CVE-2016-20011 is a high-severity vulnerability in Gnome Libgrss, classified under Improper Certificate Validation. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2021-05-25.
How severe is CVE-2016-20011?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.