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CVE-2020-24977

CVE-2020-24977MEDIUM
n/a n/a — GNOME project libxml2 v2.9.10 has a global buffer over-read vulnerability in xmlEncodeEntitiesInternal at libxml2/entities.c.
  AV  AC  PR  UI  S  C  I  A   CVSS    EPSS   %ile   KEV
   N   L   N   N  U  L  N  L    6.5   .0298   87.1     —
AFFECTED
  Product  Versions  Fixed
  n/a      n/a –     —
TIMELINE
  Aug 28  Reserved by mitre
  Sep 3   Published (CNA: mitre)
  Oct 14  ENRICHED — CVE-2020-24977. Received CVSS 6.5 and CPE data from NVD.
  Oct 14  EXPLOIT PUBLISHED — CVE-2020-24977. Public exploit reference added.
CWE-125 · CNA: mitre · CVSS v3.1 · 22 references · NVD status: Modified

Description

GNOME project libxml2 v2.9.10 has a global buffer over-read vulnerability in xmlEncodeEntitiesInternal at libxml2/entities.c. The issue has been fixed in commit 50f06b3e.

Lifecycle

Complete event history — 4 events, chronological
DateEventDetail
August 28, 2020ReservedReserved by mitre
September 3, 2020PublishedPublished (CNA: mitre)
October 14, 2026ENRICHEDENRICHED — CVE-2020-24977. Received CVSS 6.5 and CPE data from NVD.
October 14, 2026EXPLOIT PUBLISHEDEXPLOIT PUBLISHED — CVE-2020-24977. Public exploit reference added.

Affected

Affected products and packages — 1 row
VendorProduct / PackageEcosystemVersion introducedFixed
n/an/a—n/a—

Weaknesses

CWE-125

References (22)

Related

Authoritative record: CVE-2020-24977 at cve.org

Weaknesses: CWE-125

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