CVE-2020-27788

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    CVE-2020-27788

    Published: 18 Aug 2022Last Modified: 14 Aug 2026

    Summary:

    Details: An out-of-bounds read access vulnerability was discovered in UPX in PackLinuxElf64::canPack() function of p_lx_elf.cpp file. An attacker with a crafted input file could trigger this issue that could cause a crash leading to a denial of service.

    References: https://github.com/upx/upx/commit/1bb93d4fce9f1d764ba57bf5ac154af515b3fc83, https://github.com/upx/upx/issues/332

    Affected packages

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    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -d7ba31cab8ce8d95d2c10e88d2ec787ac52005ef

    Affected versions

    v3.95

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
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    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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