Stack-based buffer overflow in openscad - CVE-2020-28599
Published: February 24, 2021
Vulnerability identifier: #VU50905
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-2020-28599
CWE-ID: CWE-121
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 a boundary error in the "import_stl.cc:import_stl()" functionality. A remote unauthenticated attacker can use a specially crafted STL file, trigger stack-based buffer overflow and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
Affected software
openscad
Gentoo Linux
Fedora
openscad
Gentoo Linux
Fedora
openscad
How to mitigate CVE-2020-28599
Install updates from vendor's website.
openscad - update to 2021.01
openscad - addressed in versions 2019.05-13.fc32, 2019.05-13.fc33
openscad - addressed in versions 2019.05-13.fc32, 2019.05-13.fc33