Is CVE-2020-24119 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2020-24119 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2020-24119?

CVE-2020-24119 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.1 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2020-24119?

CVE-2020-24119 has an EPSS score of 1.08% (61th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2020-24119?

Upgrade upx-ucl on debian 13 to 4.2.2-1 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2020-24119

HIGH

7.1

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

A heap buffer overflow read was discovered in upx 4.0.0, because the check in p_lx_elf.cpp is not perfect.

CWE-125Out-of-bounds Read

How to fix

Remediation Available

upx-uclDebian

Fixed in:4.2.2-1CVE-2020-24119

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 RequiredNone

User InteractionRequired

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

1.08%probability of exploitation in 30 days

61stpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 61% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch1

github.com

Technical Description1

cwe.mitre.org

Other references2

Related Vulnerabilities

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CVE-2014-0160	High	7.5	100%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2025-5777	High	7.5	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2021-4034	High	7.8	95%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2023-21769	High	7.5	92%	-	Fix
CVE-2023-49285	High	8.6	89%	-	Fix
CVE-2020-8794	Critical	9.8	89%	-	Fix

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2025-04-11.