Buffer overflow in Clickhouse-Driver Project

CVE-2020-26759

clickhouse-driver before 0.1.5 allows a malicious clickhouse server to trigger a crash or execute arbitrary code (on a database client) via a crafted server response, due to a buffer overflow.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.026 (83.6th 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

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-26759?
CVE-2020-26759 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Clickhouse-Driver Project, classified under Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow). CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2021-01-06.
How severe is CVE-2020-26759?
Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2020-26759 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.