CVE-2020-35357

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    CVE-2020-35357

    Published: 22 Aug 2023Last Modified: 11 Sept 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/12/msg00006.html, https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/09/msg00023.html, https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/gsl.git/commit/?id=989a193268b963aa1047814f7f1402084fb7d859, https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?59624

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    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -989a193268b963aa1047814f7f1402084fb7d859

    Affected versions

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    User Interaction
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    Integrity
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