Out-of-bounds Read Affecting cgal package, versions <5.2-3


Severity

Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.74% (81st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN12-CGAL-1542772
  • published11 Mar 2021
  • disclosed4 Mar 2021

Introduced: 4 Mar 2021

CVE-2020-35636  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-843  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:12 cgal to version 5.2-3 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream cgal package and not the cgal package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:12 relevant fixed versions and status.

A code execution vulnerability exists in the Nef polygon-parsing functionality of CGAL libcgal CGAL-5.1.1 in Nef_S2/SNC_io_parser.h SNC_io_parser::read_sface() sfh->volume() OOB read. A specially crafted malformed file can lead to an out-of-bounds read and type confusion, which could lead to code execution. An attacker can provide malicious input to trigger this vulnerability.

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