What is CVE-2020-23915?

CVE-2020-23915 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cpp-Peglib Project, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2021-04-21.

How severe is CVE-2020-23915?

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

Is CVE-2020-23915 known to be exploited?

3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Out-of-bounds Read in Cpp-Peglib Project

CVE-2020-23915

An issue was discovered in cpp-peglib through v0.1.12. peg::resolve_escape_sequence() in peglib.h has a heap-based buffer over-read.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.009 (55.8th 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

Cpp-peglib_project Cpp-peglib
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-125 — Out-of-bounds Read

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-23915?: CVE-2020-23915 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cpp-Peglib Project, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2021-04-21.
How severe is CVE-2020-23915?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2020-23915 known to be exploited?: 3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.