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CVE-2020-24977 Details

Description

GNOME project libxml2 v2.9.10 has a global buffer over-read vulnerability in xmlEncodeEntitiesInternal at libxml2/entities.c. The issue has been fixed in commit 50f06b3e.

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00036.html CVEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00061.html CVEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/commit/50f06b3efb638efb0abd95dc62dca05ae67882c2 CVEPatchVendor Advisory
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/issues/178 CVEExploitIssue TrackingPatchVendor Advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf9fa47ab66495c78bb4120b0754dd9531ca2ff0430f6685ac9b07772%40%3Cdev.mina.apache.org%3E CVE

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-125Out-of-bounds Read[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions

Change History

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QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2020-24977
NVD Published Date:
Sep 4, 2020
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2020-24977 Details - Not Deferred