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Status published
Medium
CVE-2020-8244
A buffer over-read vulnerability exists in bl <4.0.3, <3.0.1, <2.2.1,...
Vulnerability Description
A buffer over-read vulnerability exists in bl <4.0.3, <3.0.1, <2.2.1, and <1.2.3 which could allow an attacker to supply user input (even typed) that if it ends up in consume() argument and can become negative, the BufferList state can be corrupted, tricking it into exposing uninitialized memory via regular .slice() calls.
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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Affected Vendor
Affected Software
bl
Vulnerable Versions:
Fixed in 4.0.3, 3.0.1, 2.2.1, and 1.2.3
Timeline
Official Publish:
August 30th, 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