High severity · published Apr 17, 2020
CVE-2020-1751
An out-of-bounds write vulnerability was found in glibc before 2.31 when handling signal trampolines on PowerPC
7.0
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An out-of-bounds write vulnerability was found in glibc before 2.31 when handling signal trampolines on PowerPC. Specifically, the backtrace function did not properly check the array bounds when storing the frame address, resulting in a denial of service or potential code execution. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
High
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 45% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
GL
glibc · Red Hat
2.31 · source: vendor, NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux · Redhat
8.0 · source: NVD
UL
Ubuntu Linux · Canonical
16.04; 18.04; 19.10 · source: NVD
SS
SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP · Siemens
V3.1.0 before V3.1.5; V3.1.0 before V3.1.5 · source: CISA
SS
SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518F-4 PN/DP MFP · Siemens
V3.1.0 before V3.1.5; V3.1.0 before V3.1.5 · source: CISA
SS
SIPLUS S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP · Siemens
V3.1.0 before V3.1.5 · source: CISA
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-1751
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-1751
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-1751
Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202006-04
Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200430-0002/
Issue Tracking
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=25423
Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4416-1/
cert-portal.siemens.com
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-398330.html
