CVE-2020-28628 is a critical code execution vulnerability affecting the Nef polygon-parsing functionality within CGAL libcgal and Debian's computational_geometry_algorithms_library. A specially crafted malformed file can trigger an out-of-bounds read and type confusion, potentially leading to arbitrary code execution. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (High), this vulnerability is easily exploitable over a network with low attack complexity, requiring user interaction, and can result in high impacts to confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or Metasploit/Nuclei modules, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion, indicating awareness among security researchers.
| 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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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.