CVE-2020-24977

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GNOME project libxml2 v2.9.10 has a global buffer over-read vulnerability in xmlEncodeEntitiesInternal at libxml2/entiti

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.

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.5 EPSS 0.00697

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Public exploit or PoC is available

Sigma rules0 YARA rules0

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Weakness Classification

CWE-125Out-of-bounds Read

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Affected Products & Versions

xmlsoft libxml2all versions
debian linuxall versions
fedoraproject fedoraall versions
opensuse leapall versions
netapp active iq unified manager>= 7.3
netapp active iq unified manager>= 9.5
netapp clustered data ontapall versions
netapp clustered data ontap antivirus connectorall versions
Show all 19 affected productsnetapp inventory collect toolall versions
netapp manageability software development kitall versions
netapp snapdriveall versions
netapp hci h410c firmwareall versions
oracle communications cloud native core network function cloud native environmentall versions
oracle enterprise manager base platformall versions
oracle enterprise manager ops centerall versions
oracle http serverall versions
oracle mysql workbench<= 8.0.26
oracle peoplesoft enterprise peopletoolsall versions
oracle real user experience insightall versions

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Public Exploits & PoCs

pocgitlab.gnome.org · issues/178gitlab.gnome.org

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Scoring & Timeline

6.5

MEDIUM · CVSS v3.1 · cve@mitre.org

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Attack Vector

Network Adjacent Local Physical

Attack Complexity

Low High

Privileges Required

None Low High

User Interaction

None Required

Scope

Unchanged Changed

Confidentiality

None Low High

Integrity

None Low High

Availability

None Low High

Published to NVD04 Sep 2020 · 12:15 AM

CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L

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Vendor Advisories

suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2026:10356-1
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2025:14697-1
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:14174-1
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:11016-1
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:11340-1
Show all 19 vendor advisoriessuse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:11912-1
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:13165-1
siemens-csafSSA-398330
usnUSN-4991-1
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2021:14729-1
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2020:1465-1
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2020:1430-1
msrcCVE-2020-24977
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2020:2609-1
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2020:2612-1
rhsaRHSA-2021:1597Moderate
cisa-csafcisa-csaf-csaf_files-OT-white-2021-icsa-21-336-06
cisa-csafcisa-csaf-csaf_files-OT-white-2021-icsa-21-336-08
cisa-csafcisa-csaf-csaf_files-OT-white-2023-icsa-23-348-10

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References & Sources

Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00036.htmlMailing ListThird Party Advisory

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00061.htmlMailing ListThird Party Advisory

https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/commit/50f06b3efb638efb0abd95dc62dca05ae67882c2PatchVendor Advisory

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf9fa47ab66495c78bb4120b0754dd9531ca2ff0430f6685ac9b07772%40%3Cdev.mina.apache.org%3E

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/09/msg00009.htmlThird Party Advisory

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2NQ5GTDYOVH26PBCPYXXMGW5ZZXWMGZC/

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https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5KTUAGDLEHTH6HU66HBFAFTSQ3OKRAN3/

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/674LQPJO2P2XTBTREFR5LOZMBTZ4PZAY/

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7KQXOHIE3MNY3VQXEN7LDQUJNIHOVHAW/

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ENEHQIBMSI6TZVS35Y6I4FCTYUQDLJVP/

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/H3IQ7OQXBKWD3YP7HO6KCNOMLE5ZO2IR/

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/J3ICASXZI2UQYFJAOQWHSTNWGED3VXOE/

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JCHXIWR5DHYO3RSO7RAHEC6VJKXD2EH2/

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/O7MEWYKIKMV2SKMGH4IDWVU3ZGJXBCPQ/

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RIQAMBA2IJUTQG5VOP5LZVIZRNCKXHEQ/

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-05Third Party Advisory

https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200924-0001/Third Party Advisory

https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.htmlPatchThird Party Advisory

https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html

https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.htmlPatchThird Party Advisory

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