CVE-2020-28622 is a critical code execution vulnerability affecting the Nef polygon-parsing functionality within CGAL libcgal and Debian's computational_geometry_algorithms_library. This flaw allows an attacker to trigger an out-of-bounds read and type confusion by providing a specially crafted malformed file, potentially leading to arbitrary code execution. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (High), it can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity, requiring user interaction, and has high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there are no known public exploits or Metasploit/Nuclei modules, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion with over 10 mentions, indicating awareness. It is not currently listed on the CISA KEV catalog as actively exploited.
| 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
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 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 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.