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CVE-2020-17353

27
FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-17353 is a critical vulnerability affecting LilyPond versions through 2.20.0 and 2.21.x through 2.21.4, specifically when the -dsafe option is enabled. It stems from insufficient restrictions on embedded PostScript and SVG content within scm/define-stencil-commands.scm, allowing for the inclusion of dangerous code. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), this vulnerability is easily exploitable over a network with low complexity, potentially leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.20.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:lilypond:lilypond:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 2.21.0, <= 2.21.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:lilypond:lilypond:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
31CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:31:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
32CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

9.8CRITICAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.37%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
82.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0237 is in the 72nd percentile among its peer group of 36,862 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

git.savannah.gnu.org / gitweb
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00064.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00076.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QG2JUV4UTIA27JUE6IZLCEFP5PYSFPF4
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/W2JYMVLTPSNYS5F7TBHKIXUZZJIJAMRX
debian.org / security/2020/dsa-4756
Third Party Advisory