CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2020-27802

MEDIUM
5.5
CVSS v3
NVD

Description

An floating point exception was discovered in the elf_lookup function in p_lx_elf.cpp in UPX 4.0.0 via a crafted Mach-O file.

How to fix

Remediation Available
upx-uclDebian
Fixed in:4.2.2-1CVE-2020-27802
Fixed in:4.2.2-1CVE-2020-27802

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

ConfidentialityNone
IntegrityNone
AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

0.27%probability of exploitation in 30 days
19thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 19% of all known CVEs.

References

Exploit1

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