Use After Free in Ardour

CVE-2020-22617

Ardour v5.12 contains a use-after-free vulnerability in the component ardour/libs/pbd/xml++.cc when using xmlFreeDoc and xmlXPathFreeContext.

Vulnerability class: Use-After-Free

EPSS: 0.012 (66.2th 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

Ardour — versions 5.12
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-416 — Use After Free

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-22617?: CVE-2020-22617 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Ardour, classified under Use After Free. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2021-10-08.
How severe is CVE-2020-22617?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.