CVE-2020-28635

HIGH
8.8
CVSS Score
Published: April 18, 2022 at 04:56 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:10 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsDebian LinuxComputational Geometry Algorithms Library

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Severity
HIGH8.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%

Description

Multiple code execution vulnerabilities exists in the Nef polygon-parsing functionality of CGAL libcgal CGAL-5.1.1. 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 any of these vulnerabilities. An oob read vulnerability exists in Nef_S2/SNC_io_parser.h SNC_io_parser<EW>::read_sedge() seh->facet().

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Remediation

No guide yet

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Patch and advisory references

CVSS

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-129CWE-125

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