vulnerability
Ubuntu: USN-6472-1 (CVE-2020-35357): GNU Scientific Library vulnerability
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C) | Aug 22, 2023 | Nov 8, 2023 | Apr 16, 2026 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
Aug 22, 2023
Added
Nov 8, 2023
Modified
Apr 16, 2026
Description
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.
Solutions
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