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CVE-2020-28241
libmaxminddb before 1.4.3 has a heap-based buffer over-read in dump_entry_data_list in maxminddb.c.
Medium6.5EPSS 2.2%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
libmaxminddb before 1.4.3 has a heap-based buffer over-read in dump_entry_data_list in maxminddb.c.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
Published
- 4 years later
· 4 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
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)
- 2.2% · top 18% of all CVEs (7 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
n/a
- affected n/a
References (7)
- https://github.com/maxmind/libmaxminddb/issues/236 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://github.com/maxmind/libmaxminddb/pull/237 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://github.com/maxmind/libmaxminddb/compare/1.4.2...1.4.3 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20201110 [SECURITY] [DLA 2445-1] libmaxminddb security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- GLSA-202011-15 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- FEDORA-2020-1fb1785fa1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2020-8a8f8b244f (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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