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In Das U-Boot through 2020.01, a double free has been...

High severity Unreviewed Published May 24, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Jan 29, 2023

Package

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

Description

In Das U-Boot through 2020.01, a double free has been found in the cmd/gpt.c do_rename_gpt_parts() function. Double freeing may result in a write-what-where condition, allowing an attacker to execute arbitrary code. NOTE: this vulnerablity was introduced when attempting to fix a memory leak identified by static analysis.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Jan 29, 2020
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 24, 2022
Last updated Jan 29, 2023

Severity

High

EPSS score

0.843%
(82nd percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2020-8432

GHSA ID

GHSA-j5r3-pwr2-9cqj

Source code

No known source code

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