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CVE-2019-20016
libmysofa before 2019-11-24 does not properly restrict recursive function calls, as demonstrated by reports of stack consumption in…
Medium6.5EPSS 2.0%
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- mitre
Description
libmysofa before 2019-11-24 does not properly restrict recursive function calls, as demonstrated by reports of stack consumption in readOHDRHeaderMessageDatatype in dataobject.c and directblockRead in fractalhead.c. NOTE: a download of v0.9 after 2019-12-06 should fully remediate this issue.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.0% · top 20% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.5.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (3)
- https://github.com/hoene/libmysofa/issues/83 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://github.com/hoene/libmysofa/issues/84 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://github.com/hoene/libmysofa/commit/2e6fac6ab6156dae8e8c6f417741388084b70d6f (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
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