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Status published
Medium
CVE-2020-24977
GNOME project libxml2 v2.9.10 has a global buffer over-read vulnerability...
Vulnerability Description
GNOME project libxml2 v2.9.10 has a global buffer over-read vulnerability in xmlEncodeEntitiesInternal at libxml2/entities.c. The issue has been fixed in commit 50f06b3e.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/issues/178
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/09/msg00009.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00036.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2NQ5GTDYOVH26PBCPYXXMGW5ZZXWMGZC/
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00061.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/H3IQ7OQXBKWD3YP7HO6KCNOMLE5ZO2IR/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/O7MEWYKIKMV2SKMGH4IDWVU3ZGJXBCPQ/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7KQXOHIE3MNY3VQXEN7LDQUJNIHOVHAW/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JCHXIWR5DHYO3RSO7RAHEC6VJKXD2EH2/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/J3ICASXZI2UQYFJAOQWHSTNWGED3VXOE/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ENEHQIBMSI6TZVS35Y6I4FCTYUQDLJVP/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RIQAMBA2IJUTQG5VOP5LZVIZRNCKXHEQ/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5KTUAGDLEHTH6HU66HBFAFTSQ3OKRAN3/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/674LQPJO2P2XTBTREFR5LOZMBTZ4PZAY/
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf9fa47ab66495c78bb4120b0754dd9531ca2ff0430f6685ac9b07772%40%3Cdev.mina.apache.org%3E
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-05
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200924-0001/
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200924-0001/
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/commit/50f06b3efb638efb0abd95dc62dca05ae67882c2
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html
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Vulnerable Versions:
2.9.10, 9.0, 31, 32, 33, 15.1, 15.2, 7.3, 9.5, 1.10.0, 13.4.0.0, 13.5.0.0, 12.4.0.0, 12.2.1.3.0, 12.2.1.4.0, 0, 8.58, 13.4.1.0, 13.5.1.0
Timeline
Official Publish:
September 3rd, 2020
Last Modified:
August 4th, 2024
Added to House:
July 21st, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.