UBUNTU-CVE-2020-18897

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Source

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-18897

Import Source

https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2020/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-18897.json

JSON Data

https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-18897

Upstream

CVE-2020-18897

Published

2021-08-19T22:15:00Z

Modified

2025-10-24T04:48:38Z

Severity

7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Ubuntu - medium

Summary

[none]

Details

An use-after-free vulnerability in the libpffitemtreecreatenode function of libyal Libpff before 20180623 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (DOS) or execute arbitrary code via a crafted pff file.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / libpff

Package

Name: libpff
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/libpff@20120802-5?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

Other

20120802-5

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "20120802-5",
            "binary_name": "libpff-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "20120802-5",
            "binary_name": "libpff1"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "20120802-5",
            "binary_name": "pff-tools"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2020/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-18897.json"

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS / libpff