vulnerability
Ubuntu: (CVE-2020-15692): nim vulnerability
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) | Aug 14, 2020 | Nov 19, 2024 | Mar 27, 2026 |
Severity
10
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Aug 14, 2020
Added
Nov 19, 2024
Modified
Mar 27, 2026
Description
In Nim 1.2.4, the standard library browsers mishandles the URL argument to browsers.openDefaultBrowser. This argument can be a local file path that will be opened in the default explorer. An attacker can pass one argument to the underlying open command to execute arbitrary registered system commands.
Solution
ubuntu-upgrade-nim
References
- CVE-2020-15692
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2020-15692
- CWE-88
- EUVD-EUVD-2020-7679
- https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2020-7679
- https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/blob/dc5a40f3f39c6ea672e6dc6aca7f8118a69dda99/lib/pure/browsers.nim#L48
- https://nim-lang.org/blog/2020/07/30/versions-126-and-108-released.html
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-15692
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