Critical severity · published Aug 5, 2020
CVE-2020-17353
scm/define-stencil-commands.scm in LilyPond through 2.20.0, and 2.21.x through 2.21.4, when -dsafe is used, lacks restrictions on embedded-ps and embedded-svg, as demonstrated by…
9.8
CVSS
2.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
scm/define-stencil-commands.scm in LilyPond through 2.20.0, and 2.21.x through 2.21.4, when -dsafe is used, lacks restrictions on embedded-ps and embedded-svg, as demonstrated by including dangerous PostScript code.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.3% · higher than 83% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
BS
Backports Sle · Opensuse
15.0 · source: NVD
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
10.0 · source: NVD
FE
Fedora · Fedoraproject
31; 32 · source: NVD
LE
Leap · Opensuse
15.2 · source: NVD
LI
Lilypond · Lilypond
through 2.20.0; 2.21.0 through 2.21.4 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-17353
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-17353
git.savannah.gnu.org
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=lilypond.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=b84ea4740f3279516905c5db05f4074e777c16ff
Mailing List
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00064.html
Mailing List
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00076.html
lists.fedoraproject.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QG2JUV4UTIA27JUE6IZLCEFP5PYSFPF4/
lists.fedoraproject.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/W2JYMVLTPSNYS5F7TBHKIXUZZJIJAMRX/
Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4756
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