Stack-based buffer overflow in Glibc - CVE-2020-10029
Published: March 25, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU26388
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-10029
CWE-ID: CWE-121
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: GNU
Affected software:
Glibc
Glibc
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error within "sysdeps/ieee754/ldbl-96/e_rem_pio2l.c" in GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6). An attacker can pas specially crafted input to the application and trigger a stack-based buffer overflow.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system or denial of service conditions.
How to mitigate CVE-2020-10029
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.