Cyber Resilience

CVE-2020-28605

HighPublic PoC

Published: 18 April 2022

Published
18 April 2022
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0068 72.0th percentile
Risk Priority 18 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2020-28605 is a high-severity Improper Validation of Array Index (CWE-129) vulnerability in Cgal Computational Geometry Algorithms Library. Its CVSS base score is 8.8 (High).

Operationally, ranked in the top 28.0% 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

Vulnerability details

Multiple code execution vulnerabilities exists in the Nef polygon-parsing functionality of CGAL libcgal CGAL-5.1.1. A specially crafted malformed file can lead to an out-of-bounds read and type confusion, which could lead to code execution. An attacker can provide malicious input…

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to trigger any of these vulnerabilities. An oob read exists in Nef_2/PM_io_parser.h PM_io_parser<PMDEC>::read_hedge() e->set_vertex().

CWE(s)

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

cgal
computational geometry algorithms library
5.1.1
debian
debian linux
10.0

Mitigating Controls

No mitigating controls mapped yet. The per-CVE control annotator has not reached this CVE.

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