CVE-2020-35357 (GCVE-0-2020-35357)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-08-22 00:00 – Updated: 2024-12-07 21:02
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Summary
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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SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
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