DEBIAN-CVE-2020-18897

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-18897
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2020-18897.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2020-18897
Upstream
Published
2021-08-19T22:15:07.167Z
Modified
2025-11-19T02:02:45.080766Z
Severity
  • 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

An use-after-free vulnerability in the libpffitemtreecreatenode function of libyal Libpff before 20180623 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (DOS) or execute arbitrary code via a crafted pff file.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / libpff

Package

Name
libpff
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/libpff?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
20180714-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2020-18897.json"

Debian:12 / libpff

Package

Name
libpff
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/libpff?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
20180714-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2020-18897.json"

Debian:13 / libpff

Package

Name
libpff
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/libpff?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
20180714-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2020-18897.json"

Debian:14 / libpff

Package

Name
libpff
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/libpff?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
20180714-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2020-18897.json"