CVE-2020-24977

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-24977
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2020-24977.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2020-24977
Downstream
Related
Published
2020-09-04T00:15:10.693Z
Modified
2026-05-15T10:41:46.152504Z
Severity
  • 6.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

GNOME project libxml2 v2.9.10 has a global buffer over-read vulnerability in xmlEncodeEntitiesInternal at libxml2/entities.c. The issue has been fixed in commit 50f06b3e.

Database specific 
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                }
            ],
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                    "last_affected": "12.2.1.3.0"
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        },
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        },
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                {
                    "last_affected": "8.58"
                }
            ],
            "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:oracle:peoplesoft_enterprise_peopletools:8.58:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "source": "CPE_FIELD"
        },
        {
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "last_affected": "13.4.1.0"
                }
            ],
            "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:oracle:real_user_experience_insight:13.4.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "source": "CPE_FIELD"
        },
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            ],
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        },
        {
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                }
            ],
            "cpe": "cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "source": "CPE_FIELD"
        },
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                }
            ],
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        },
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                }
            ],
            "cpe": "cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "source": "CPE_FIELD"
        },
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                }
            ],
            "cpe": "cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "source": "CPE_FIELD"
        },
        {
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                {
                    "last_affected": "15.1"
                }
            ],
            "cpe": "cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "source": "CPE_FIELD"
        },
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                    "last_affected": "15.2"
                }
            ],
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        }
    ]
}
References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/gnome/libxml2

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/gnome/libxml2
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Last affected
41a34e1f4ffae2ce401600dbb5fe43f8fe402641
Database specific 
{
    "extracted_events": [
        {
            "introduced": "0"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "2.9.10"
        }
    ],
    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.9.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
    "source": "CPE_FIELD"
}

Affected versions

Other
CVE-2013-2877
CVE-2014-0191
CVE-2014-3660
CVE-2015-1819
CVE-2015-5312
CVE-2015-7497
CVE-2015-7498
CVE-2015-7499-1
CVE-2015-7499-2
CVE-2015-7500
CVE-2015-7941_1
CVE-2015-7941_2
CVE-2015-7942
CVE-2015-7942-2
CVE-2015-8035
CVE-2015-8242
CVE-2015-8317
CVE-2016-1762
CVE-2016-1833
CVE-2016-1834
CVE-2016-1835
CVE-2016-1836
CVE-2016-1837
CVE-2016-1838
CVE-2016-1839
CVE-2016-1840
CVE-2016-3627
CVE-2016-3705
CVE-2016-4449
CVE-2016-4483
EAZEL-NAUTILUS-MS-AUG07
FOR_GNOME_0_99_1
GNOME_0_30
GNOME_PRINT_0_24
GNUMERIC_FIRST_PUBLIC_RELEASE
LIBXML2_2_4_21
LIBXML2_2_5_0
LIBXML2_2_5_10
LIBXML2_2_5_7
LIBXML2_2_5_8
LIBXML2_2_5_9
LIBXML2_2_5_x
LIBXML2_2_6_1
LIBXML2_2_6_11
LIBXML2_2_6_12
LIBXML2_2_6_13
LIBXML2_2_6_14
LIBXML2_2_6_15
LIBXML2_2_6_16
LIBXML2_2_6_18
LIBXML2_2_6_19
LIBXML2_2_6_2
LIBXML2_2_6_20
LIBXML2_2_6_21
LIBXML2_2_6_22
LIBXML2_2_6_23
LIBXML2_2_6_24
LIBXML2_2_6_26
LIBXML2_2_6_27
LIBXML2_2_6_28
LIBXML2_2_6_3
LIBXML2_2_6_4
LIBXML2_2_6_5
LIBXML2_2_6_6
LIBXML2_2_6_7
LIBXML2_2_6_8
LIBXML2_2_6_9
LIBXML2_6_0
LIBXML_0_99
LIBXML_1_5_0
LIBXML_1_8_5
LIBXML_1_8_6
LIBXML_2_0_0
LIBXML_2_1_0
LIBXML_2_1_1
LIBXML_2_2_1
LIBXML_2_2_3
LIBXML_2_2_4
LIBXML_2_2_6
LIBXML_2_2_7
LIBXML_2_2_8
LIBXML_2_3_0
LIBXML_2_3_10
LIBXML_2_3_11
LIBXML_2_3_12
LIBXML_2_3_13
LIBXML_2_3_14
LIBXML_2_3_2
LIBXML_2_3_3
LIBXML_2_3_4
LIBXML_2_3_5
LIBXML_2_3_6
LIBXML_2_3_7
LIBXML_2_3_8
LIBXML_2_3_9
LIBXML_2_4_0
LIBXML_2_4_11
LIBXML_2_4_12
LIBXML_2_4_13
LIBXML_2_4_14
LIBXML_2_4_16
LIBXML_2_4_18
LIBXML_2_4_2
LIBXML_2_4_20
LIBXML_2_4_22
LIBXML_2_4_23
LIBXML_2_4_24
LIBXML_2_4_25
LIBXML_2_4_26
LIBXML_2_4_27
LIBXML_2_4_29
LIBXML_2_4_3
LIBXML_2_4_30
LIBXML_2_4_4
LIBXML_2_4_6
LIBXML_2_4_7
LIBXML_2_5_1
LIBXML_2_5_2
LIBXML_2_5_3
LIBXML_2_5_4
LIBXML_2_5_5
LIBXML_2_5_6
LIBXML_2_6_10
LIBXML_TEST_2_0_0
LIB_XML_1_1
LIB_XML_1_3
LIB_XML_1_4
LIB_XML_1_6_1
LIB_XML_1_6_2
LIB_XML_1_7_0
LIB_XML_1_7_1
LIB_XML_1_7_3
LIB_XML_1_8_3
LIB_XML_1_X
PRE_MUCKUP
PRE_MUCKUP2
PRE_MUCKUP3
help
LIBXML2.*
LIBXML2.6.32
LIBXML2.7.0
LIBXML2.7.1
LIBXML2.7.2
LIBXML2.7.3
v2.*
v2.7.4
v2.7.5
v2.7.6
v2.7.7
v2.7.8
v2.8.0
v2.8.0-rc1
v2.8.0-rc2
v2.9.0
v2.9.0-rc2
v2.9.1
v2.9.10
v2.9.10-rc1
v2.9.2
v2.9.2-rc1
v2.9.2-rc2
v2.9.3
v2.9.4
v2.9.4-rc1
v2.9.4-rc2
v2.9.5
v2.9.5-rc1
v2.9.5-rc2
v2.9.6
v2.9.6-rc1
v2.9.7
v2.9.7-rc1
v2.9.8
v2.9.8-rc1
v2.9.9
v2.9.9-rc1
v2.9.9-rc2

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2020-24977.json"

Git / gitlab.gnome.org/gnome/libxml2

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://gitlab.gnome.org/gnome/libxml2
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Fixed
50f06b3efb638efb0abd95dc62dca05ae67882c2
Database specific 
{
    "source": "REFERENCES"
}

Affected versions

Other
CVE-2013-2877
CVE-2014-0191
CVE-2014-3660
CVE-2015-1819
CVE-2015-5312
CVE-2015-7497
CVE-2015-7498
CVE-2015-7499-1
CVE-2015-7499-2
CVE-2015-7500
CVE-2015-7941_1
CVE-2015-7941_2
CVE-2015-7942
CVE-2015-7942-2
CVE-2015-8035
CVE-2015-8242
CVE-2015-8317
CVE-2016-1762
CVE-2016-1833
CVE-2016-1834
CVE-2016-1835
CVE-2016-1836
CVE-2016-1837
CVE-2016-1838
CVE-2016-1839
CVE-2016-1840
CVE-2016-3627
CVE-2016-3705
CVE-2016-4449
CVE-2016-4483
EAZEL-NAUTILUS-MS-AUG07
FOR_GNOME_0_99_1
GNOME_0_30
GNOME_PRINT_0_24
GNUMERIC_FIRST_PUBLIC_RELEASE
LIBXML2_2_4_21
LIBXML2_2_5_0
LIBXML2_2_5_10
LIBXML2_2_5_7
LIBXML2_2_5_8
LIBXML2_2_5_9
LIBXML2_2_5_x
LIBXML2_2_6_1
LIBXML2_2_6_11
LIBXML2_2_6_12
LIBXML2_2_6_13
LIBXML2_2_6_14
LIBXML2_2_6_15
LIBXML2_2_6_16
LIBXML2_2_6_18
LIBXML2_2_6_19
LIBXML2_2_6_2
LIBXML2_2_6_20
LIBXML2_2_6_21
LIBXML2_2_6_22
LIBXML2_2_6_23
LIBXML2_2_6_24
LIBXML2_2_6_26
LIBXML2_2_6_27
LIBXML2_2_6_28
LIBXML2_2_6_3
LIBXML2_2_6_4
LIBXML2_2_6_5
LIBXML2_2_6_6
LIBXML2_2_6_7
LIBXML2_2_6_8
LIBXML2_2_6_9
LIBXML2_6_0
LIBXML_0_99
LIBXML_1_5_0
LIBXML_1_8_5
LIBXML_1_8_6
LIBXML_2_0_0
LIBXML_2_1_0
LIBXML_2_1_1
LIBXML_2_2_1
LIBXML_2_2_3
LIBXML_2_2_4
LIBXML_2_2_6
LIBXML_2_2_7
LIBXML_2_2_8
LIBXML_2_3_0
LIBXML_2_3_10
LIBXML_2_3_11
LIBXML_2_3_12
LIBXML_2_3_13
LIBXML_2_3_14
LIBXML_2_3_2
LIBXML_2_3_3
LIBXML_2_3_4
LIBXML_2_3_5
LIBXML_2_3_6
LIBXML_2_3_7
LIBXML_2_3_8
LIBXML_2_3_9
LIBXML_2_4_0
LIBXML_2_4_11
LIBXML_2_4_12
LIBXML_2_4_13
LIBXML_2_4_14
LIBXML_2_4_16
LIBXML_2_4_18
LIBXML_2_4_2
LIBXML_2_4_20
LIBXML_2_4_22
LIBXML_2_4_23
LIBXML_2_4_24
LIBXML_2_4_25
LIBXML_2_4_26
LIBXML_2_4_27
LIBXML_2_4_29
LIBXML_2_4_3
LIBXML_2_4_30
LIBXML_2_4_4
LIBXML_2_4_6
LIBXML_2_4_7
LIBXML_2_5_1
LIBXML_2_5_2
LIBXML_2_5_3
LIBXML_2_5_4
LIBXML_2_5_5
LIBXML_2_5_6
LIBXML_2_6_10
LIBXML_TEST_2_0_0
LIB_XML_1_1
LIB_XML_1_3
LIB_XML_1_4
LIB_XML_1_6_1
LIB_XML_1_6_2
LIB_XML_1_7_0
LIB_XML_1_7_1
LIB_XML_1_7_3
LIB_XML_1_8_3
LIB_XML_1_X
PRE_MUCKUP
PRE_MUCKUP2
PRE_MUCKUP3
help
LIBXML2.*
LIBXML2.6.32
LIBXML2.7.0
LIBXML2.7.1
LIBXML2.7.2
LIBXML2.7.3
v2.*
v2.7.4
v2.7.5
v2.7.6
v2.7.7
v2.7.8
v2.8.0
v2.8.0-rc1
v2.8.0-rc2
v2.9.0
v2.9.0-rc2
v2.9.1
v2.9.10
v2.9.10-rc1
v2.9.2
v2.9.2-rc1
v2.9.2-rc2
v2.9.3
v2.9.4
v2.9.4-rc1
v2.9.4-rc2
v2.9.5
v2.9.5-rc1
v2.9.5-rc2
v2.9.6
v2.9.6-rc1
v2.9.7
v2.9.7-rc1
v2.9.8
v2.9.8-rc1
v2.9.9
v2.9.9-rc1
v2.9.9-rc2

Database specific

vanir_signatures 
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source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2020-24977.json"
vanir_signatures_modified 
"2026-05-15T10:41:46Z"