Vulnerability in Lilypond
CVE-2020-17353
scm/define-stencil-commands.scm in LilyPond through 2.20.0, and 2.21.x through 2.21.4, when -dsafe is used, lacks restrictions on embedded-ps and embedded-svg, as demonstrated by including dangerous PostScript code.
EPSS: 0.024 (81.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Affected products
- Lilypond
- Debian Debian_linux — versions 10.0
- Fedoraproject Fedora — versions 31, 32
- Opensuse Backports_sle — versions 15.0
- Opensuse Leap — versions 15.2
- N/a — versions n/a
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_FEDORA, vendor-advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_FEDORA, vendor-advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_SUSE)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_SUSE)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2020-17353?
- CVE-2020-17353 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Lilypond. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2020-08-05.
- How severe is CVE-2020-17353?
- Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2020-17353 known to be exploited?
- 3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.