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Debian: CVE-2020-27788: upx-ucl -- security update

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
Aug 18, 2022
Added
Jul 30, 2024
Modified
Mar 30, 2026

Description

An out-of-bounds read access vulnerability was discovered in UPX in PackLinuxElf64::canPack() function of p_lx_elf.cpp file. An attacker with a crafted input file could trigger this issue that could cause a crash leading to a denial of service.

Solution

debian-upgrade-upx-ucl
Title
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