CVE-2020-24977
Public on 2020-09-04
Modified on 2024-02-12
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.
Severity
Medium
CVSS v3 Base Score
See breakdown
Affected Packages
| Platform | Package | Release Date | Advisory | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux 1 | libxml2 | 2023-04-27 | ALAS-2023-1743 | Fixed |
| Amazon Linux 2 - Core | libxml2 | 2021-06-16 | ALAS2-2021-1662 | Fixed |
| Amazon Linux 2023 | libxml2 | Not Affected |
CVSS Scores
| Score Type | Score | Vector | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux | CVSSv3 | 6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L |
| NVD | CVSSv2 | 6.4 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P |
| NVD | CVSSv3 | 6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L |