CVE-2020-28607 is a critical code execution vulnerability affecting CGAL's polygon-parsing functionality, specifically in versions up to 5.1.1, and its Debian Linux packages. This flaw, stemming from out-of-bounds reads and type confusion, allows an unauthenticated attacker to achieve high impact to confidentiality, integrity, and availability by tricking a user into processing a specially crafted malicious file. While no public exploits or Metasploit modules are currently available, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion, indicating potential interest in developing exploits.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
5.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cgal:computational_geometry_algorithms_library:5.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
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