CVE-2020-28634 is a critical code execution vulnerability affecting CGAL's polygon-parsing functionality (libcgal CGAL-5.1.1, Debian packages). A specially crafted malformed file can trigger out-of-bounds reads and type confusion, potentially leading to arbitrary code execution. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (High), this vulnerability can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity, requiring user interaction, and could result in complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage, suggesting it is not widely known or exploited in the wild.
| 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.