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CVE-2020-28620

28
FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-28620 describes multiple code execution vulnerabilities within the Nef polygon-parsing functionality of CGAL libcgal and Debian's CGAL library. Specifically, a crafted malformed file can trigger an out-of-bounds read and type confusion, potentially leading to arbitrary code execution. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 8.8 (HIGH), indicating it can be exploited remotely with low complexity and without authentication, but requires user interaction. While the potential impact is high across confidentiality, integrity, and availability, there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(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 Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

10.0CRITICAL

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
6.0
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.26%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
81.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0226 is in the 80th percentile among its peer group of 14,875 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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.

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 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2022/12/msg00011.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/202305-34
talosintelligence.com / vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2020-1225
ExploitThird Party Advisory