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CVE-2020-35357 Details

Description

A buffer overflow can occur when calculating the quantile value using the Statistics Library of GSL (GNU Scientific Library), versions 2.5 and 2.6. Processing a maliciously crafted input data for gsl_stats_quantile_from_sorted_data of the library may lead to unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution.

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:6.5 MEDIUMVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/gsl.git/commit/?id=989a193268b963aa1047814f7f1402084fb7d859 CVEMailing ListPatch
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/09/msg00023.html CVEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/12/msg00006.html CVE
https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?59624 CVEPatch
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/gsl.git/commit/?id=989a193268b963aa1047814f7f1402084fb7d859 [email protected]Mailing ListPatch

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-120Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
gnu gnu scientific library
2.5
2.6

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:gnu:gnu_scientific_library:2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnu:gnu_scientific_library:2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
debian debian linux
10.0

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

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QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2020-35357
NVD Published Date:
Aug 22, 2023
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2020-35357 Details - Not Deferred