medium6.5
CVE-2020-35357
A buffer overflow can occur when calculating the quantile value using the Statistics Library of GSL (GNU Scientific Library), versions 2.5 and 2.6.
Impact
A buffer overflow can occur when calculating the quantile value using the Statistics Library of GSL (GNU Scientific Library), versions 2.5 and 2.6. Processing a maliciously crafted input data for gsl_stats_quantile_from_sorted_data of the library may lead to unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Gnu | Gnu Scientific Library | Versions 2.5, 2.6 |
| Debian | Debian Linux | Version 10.0 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/gsl.git/commit/?id=989a193268b963aa1047814f7f1402084fb7d859
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/09/msg00023.html
- https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?59624
- https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/gsl.git/commit/?id=989a193268b963aa1047814f7f1402084fb7d859
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/09/msg00023.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/12/msg00006.html
- https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?59624