What is CVE-2020-23861?

CVE-2020-23861 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Gnu Libredwg, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2021-05-18.

How severe is CVE-2020-23861?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Gnu Libredwg

CVE-2020-23861

A heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability exists in LibreDWG 0.10.1 via the read_system_page function at libredwg-0.10.1/src/decode_r2007.c:666:5, which causes a denial of service by submitting a dwg file.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.006 (46.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Gnu Libredwg — versions 0.10.1
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-23861?: CVE-2020-23861 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Gnu Libredwg, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2021-05-18.
How severe is CVE-2020-23861?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.