CVE-2020-12825
libcroco: Stack overflow in function cr_parser_parse_any_core in cr-parser.c
Severity Score
Exploit Likelihood
Affected Versions
Public Exploits
2Exploited in Wild
-Decision
Descriptions
libcroco through 0.6.13 has excessive recursion in cr_parser_parse_any_core in cr-parser.c, leading to stack consumption.
libcroco versiones hasta 0.6.13, presenta una recursión excesiva en la función cr_parser_parse_any_core en el archivo cr-parser.c, conllevando a un consumo de la pila.
A stack overflow flaw was found in libcroco. A service using libcroco's CSS parser could be crashed by a local, authenticated attacker, or an attacker utilizing social engineering, using a crafted input. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.
It was discovered that Libcroco was incorrectly accessing data structures when reading bytes from memory, which could cause a heap buffer overflow. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. It was discovered that Libcroco was incorrectly handling invalid UTF-8 values when processing CSS files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.
CVSS Scores
SSVC
- Decision:-
Timeline
- 2020-05-12 CVE Reserved
- 2020-05-12 CVE Published
- 2024-08-04 CVE Updated
- 2024-08-04 First Exploit
- 2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
- ---------- Exploited in Wild
- ---------- KEV Due Date
CWE
- CWE-121: Stack-based Buffer Overflow
- CWE-674: Uncontrolled Recursion
CAPEC
References (6)
URL | Tag | Source |
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http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/09/08/3 | Mailing List |
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URL | Date | SRC |
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http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/08/13/3 | 2024-08-04 | |
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libcroco/-/issues/8 | 2024-08-04 |
URL | Date | SRC |
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URL | Date | SRC |
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https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-33 | 2022-10-27 | |
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-12825 | 2020-09-29 | |
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1835377 | 2020-09-29 |