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CVE-2020-8215
A buffer overflow is present in canvas version <= 1.6.9, which could lead to a Denial of Service or execution of arbitrary code when it…
High8.8EPSS 2.3%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- hackerone
Description
A buffer overflow is present in canvas version <= 1.6.9, which could lead to a Denial of Service or execution of arbitrary code when it processes a user-provided image.
Timeline
ID reserved
By hackerone
- 6 months later
· 6 months later
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 | High8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.3% · top 16% 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: High 8.8.
Weakness
Affected products
node-canvas
- affected Not Fixed
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
References (1)
- https://hackerone.com/reports/315037 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_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 Advisory GHSA-73rg-x683-m3qw (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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