CVE-2020-28623

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    CVE-2020-28623

    Published: 18 Apr 2022Last Modified: 8 Jul 2026

    Summary:

    Details: Multiple code execution vulnerabilities exists in the Nef polygon-parsing functionality of CGAL libcgal CGAL-5.1.1. A specially crafted malformed file can lead to an out-of-bounds read and type confusion, which could lead to code execution. An attacker can provide malicious input to trigger any of these vulnerabilities. An oob read vulnerability exists in Nef_S2/SNC_io_parser.h SNC_io_parser<EW>::read_facet() fh->twin().

    References: https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/12/msg00011.html, https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-34, https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2020-1225

    Affected packages

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    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 8b649c42a258e3db346f19cb3ae89eca5fea877d
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    5.1.1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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