Vulnerability in Gnome Libcroco

CVE-2020-12825

libcroco through 0.6.13 has excessive recursion in cr_parser_parse_any_core in cr-parser.c, leading to stack consumption.

EPSS: 0.023 (81.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.1 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H.

Affected products

Gnome Libcroco
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-674 — Uncontrolled Recursion

Public proof-of-concept exploits

ARPSyndicate/cvemon

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, Issue Tracking)
cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-12825?: CVE-2020-12825 is a high-severity vulnerability in Gnome Libcroco, classified under Uncontrolled Recursion. CVSS score: 7.1/10. Published 2020-05-12.
How severe is CVE-2020-12825?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2020-12825 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.