ubuntu-cve-2020-35357
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2023-08-22 19:16
Modified
2026-04-22 07:39
Summary
Details

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.

Severity
6.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
N/A (UNKNOWN)
medium
References
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  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2020-35357",
  "modified": "2026-04-22T07:39:39Z",
  "published": "2023-08-22T19:16:00Z",
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    "CVE-2020-35357"
  ]
}



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