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CVE-2020-10029

MEDIUM
5.5
CVSS v3
NVD

Description

The GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.32 could overflow an on-stack buffer during range reduction if an input to an 80-bit long double function contains a non-canonical bit pattern, a seen when passing a 0x5d414141414141410000 value to sinl on x86 targets. This is related to sysdeps/ieee754/ldbl-96/e_rem_pio2l.c.

How to fix

Remediation Available
glibcDebian
Fixed in:2.30-1CVE-2020-10029
Fixed in:2.30-1CVE-2020-10029
Fixed in:2.30-1CVE-2020-10029
Fixed in:2.30-1CVE-2020-10029
glibcUbuntu
Fixed in:2.23-0ubuntu11.2USN-4416-1
Fixed in:2.27-3ubuntu1.2USN-4416-1
libc6Ubuntu
Fixed in:2.23-0ubuntu11.2USN-4416-1
Fixed in:2.27-3ubuntu1.2USN-4416-1

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredLow
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone
IntegrityNone
AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

0.76%probability of exploitation in 30 days
51stpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 51% of all known CVEs.

References

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