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.
| Vendor | Product | Version(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 version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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.
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 records are not available for this CVE.