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CVE-2020-28601
A code execution vulnerability exists in the Nef polygon-parsing functionality of CGAL libcgal CGAL-5.1.1. An oob read vulnerability…
Critical10.0EPSS 2.9%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- talos
Description
A code execution vulnerability exists in the Nef polygon-parsing functionality of CGAL libcgal CGAL-5.1.1. An oob read vulnerability exists in Nef_2/PM_io_parser.h PM_io_parser::read_vertex() Face_of[] OOB read. An attacker can provide malicious input to trigger this vulnerability.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| talosCNA (assigner) | 3.0 | Critical10.0 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.9% · top 13% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: total
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 10.0.
Weakness
Affected products
CGAL
- affected CGAL Project libcgal CGAL-5.1.1
References (6)
- https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2020-1225 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- FEDORA-2021-0d42c7cb33 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
- FEDORA-2021-9de542ab4c (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20210505 [SECURITY] [DLA 2649-1] cgal security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20221206 [SECURITY] [DLA 3226-1] cgal security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_transferred
- GLSA-202305-34 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_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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