Out-of-bounds Read Affecting maxmind/libmaxminddb package, versions [,1.4.3)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.16% (81st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-MAXMINDLIBMAXMINDDB-2319132
  • published14 Dec 2021
  • disclosed6 Nov 2020
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 6 Nov 2020

CVE-2020-28241  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade maxmind/libmaxminddb to version 1.4.3 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-bounds Read libmaxminddb before 1.4.3 has a heap-based buffer over-read in dump_entry_data_list in maxminddb.c.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1