UBUNTU-CVE-2020-1917

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2020-1917

    Published: 10 Mar 2021Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2020-1917

    Summary:

    Details: xbuf_format_converter, used as part of exif_read_data, was appending a terminating null character to the generated string, but was not using its standard append char function. As a result, if the buffer was full, it would result in an out-of-bounds write. This issue affects HHVM versions prior to 4.56.3, all versions between 4.57.0 and 4.80.1, all versions between 4.81.0 and 4.93.1, and versions 4.94.0, 4.95.0, 4.96.0, 4.97.0, 4.98.0.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-1917, https://github.com/facebook/hhvm/commit/08193b7f0cd3910256e00d599f0f3eb2519c44ca, https://hhvm.com/blog/2021/02/25/security-update.html, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-1917

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: hhvm

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]+dfsg-1ubuntu1?arch=source&distro=xenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    3.11.0+dfsg-1
    3.11.1+dfsg-1
    3.11.1+dfsg-1ubuntu1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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