CVE-2020-21572
Published: 02 November 2021
Summary
CVE-2020-21572 is a high-severity Classic Buffer Overflow (CWE-120) vulnerability in Gilcc Project Gilcc. Its CVSS base score is 7.5 (High).
Operationally, ranked in the top 44.0% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2020-14340
Vulnerability details
Buffer overflow vulnerability in function src_parser_trans_stage_1_2_3 trgil gilcc before commit 803969389ca9c06237075a7f8eeb1a19e6651759, allows attackers to cause a denial of service.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Platform-independent managed code eliminates the need for unchecked native buffer copies that are the root cause of classic buffer overflows.