High severity · published Nov 30, 2020
CVE-2020-29394
A buffer overflow in the dlt_filter_load function in dlt_common.c from dlt-daemon through 2.18.5 (GENIVI Diagnostic Log and Trace) allows arbitrary code execution because fscanf…
7.8
CVSS
2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A buffer overflow in the dlt_filter_load function in dlt_common.c from dlt-daemon through 2.18.5 (GENIVI Diagnostic Log and Trace) allows arbitrary code execution because fscanf is misused (no limit on the number of characters to be read in the format argument).
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.0% · higher than 80% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
10.0 · source: NVD
DL
Diagnostic Log And Trace · Genivi
through 2.18.5 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-29394
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-29394
Exploit
https://github.com/GENIVI/dlt-daemon/issues/274
Patch
https://github.com/GENIVI/dlt-daemon/pull/275
Patch
https://github.com/GENIVI/dlt-daemon/pull/288
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/12/msg00016.html
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