CVE-2020-28599 Memory corruption in Openscad

What is CVE-2020-28599?

CVE-2020-28599 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 24 Feb 2021. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

A stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the import_stl.cc:import_stl() functionality of Openscad openscad-2020.12-RC2. A specially crafted STL file can lead to code execution. An attacker can provide a malicious file to trigger this vulnerability.

Weakness: CWE-787, CWE-121

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-28599?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Fedoraproject Fedora, Openscad Openscad.

How do I fix CVE-2020-28599?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2020-28599 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-28599 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2020-28599, GHSA-fw35-ggqm-93fg, MGASA-2021-0157, UBUNTU-CVE-2020-28599.