Cyber Resilience

CVE-2020-36402

HighPublic PoC

Published: 01 July 2021

Published
01 July 2021
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0022 44.8th percentile
Risk Priority 16 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2020-36402 is a high-severity Out-of-bounds Write (CWE-787) vulnerability in Soliditylang Solidity. Its CVSS base score is 7.8 (High).

Operationally, ranked at the 44.8th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Solidity 0.7.5 has a stack-use-after-return issue in smtutil::CHCSmtLib2Interface::querySolver. NOTE: c39a5e2b7a3fabbf687f53a2823fc087be6c1a7e is cited in the OSV "fixed" field but does not have a code change.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

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

Affected Assets

soliditylang
solidity
0.7.5

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.

addresses: CWE-787

Out-of-bounds writes that corrupt control flow or inject shellcode are rendered non-executable by the same memory protections.

References