CVE-2020-17353
CRITICAL
9.8
CVSS Score
Published: August 5, 2020 at 12:55 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:58 AM UTC
5 products affected across 4 vendorsDebian LinuxFedoraLeap
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Severity
CRITICAL9.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
Description
scm/define-stencil-commands.scm in LilyPond through 2.20.0, and 2.21.x through 2.21.4, when -dsafe is used, lacks restrictions on embedded-ps and embedded-svg, as demonstrated by including dangerous PostScript code.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00064.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00076.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QG2JUV4UTIA27JUE6IZLCEFP5PYSFPF4/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/W2JYMVLTPSNYS5F7TBHKIXUZZJIJAMRX/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4756
References (6)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00064.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00076.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QG2JUV4UTIA27JUE6IZLCEFP5PYSFPF4/Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/W2JYMVLTPSNYS5F7TBHKIXUZZJIJAMRX/Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4756CVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
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