CVE-2020-8896
Buffer Overflow in Google Earth Pro
MEDIUM
5.9
CVSS Score
Published: May 4, 2020 at 01:25 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:27 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorEarth
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Severity
MEDIUM5.9
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
Description
A Buffer Overflow vulnerability in the khcrypt implementation in Google Earth Pro versions up to and including 7.3.2 allows an attacker to perform a Man-in-the-Middle attack using a specially crafted key to read data past the end of the buffer used to hold it. Mitigation: Update to Google Earth Pro 7.3.3.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (1)
x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://support.google.com/earth/answer/40901CVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- HIGH
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- NONE
- Availability
- NONE
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-119CWE-120
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