Untrusted Pointer Dereference - CVE-2020-14392
Published: September 16, 2020 / Updated: September 21, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU46823
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 8.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-14392
CWE-ID: CWE-822
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to untrusted pointer dereference error. A remote attacker can trick the victim to open a specially crafted file, trigger pointer dereference and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker to compromise the affected system.
Affected software
Gentoo Linux
Ubuntu
Opensuse
Fedora
perl-dbi (Alpine package)
libdbi-perl (Ubuntu package)
perl-DBI
Ubuntu
Opensuse
Fedora
perl-dbi (Alpine package)
libdbi-perl (Ubuntu package)
perl-DBI
How to mitigate CVE-2020-14392
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.
libdbi-perl (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 1.616-1ubuntu0.1, 1.634-1ubuntu0.1, 1.640-1ubuntu0.1, 1.6341ubuntu0.2+esm1
perl-DBI - update to 1.643-3.fc31
perl-DBI - update to 1.643-3.fc31