CVE-2020-23884
Published: 10 November 2021
Summary
CVE-2020-23884 is a medium-severity Classic Buffer Overflow (CWE-120) vulnerability in Nomacs Nomacs. Its CVSS base score is 5.5 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked in the top 40.1% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2020-16621
Vulnerability details
A buffer overflow in Nomacs v3.15.0 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (DoS) via a crafted MNG file.
- 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.