Vulnerability Details CVE-2020-35357
A buffer overflow can occur when calculating the quantile value using the Statistics Library of GSL (GNU Scientific Library), versions 2.5 and 2.6. Processing a maliciously crafted input data for gsl_stats_quantile_from_sorted_data of the library may lead to unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.002
EPSS Ranking 44.8%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 6.5
References
- https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/gsl.git/commit/?id=989a193268b963aa1047814f7f1402084fb7d859
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/09/msg00023.html
- https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?59624
- https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/gsl.git/commit/?id=989a193268b963aa1047814f7f1402084fb7d859
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/09/msg00023.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/12/msg00006.html
- https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?59624
Products affected by CVE-2020-35357
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cpe:2.3:a:gnu:gnu_scientific_library:2.5
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cpe:2.3:a:gnu:gnu_scientific_library:2.6
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cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0