CVE-2020-36151 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2020-36151?

CVE-2020-36151 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 8 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

Incorrect handling of input data in mysofa_resampler_reset_mem function in the libmysofa library 0.5 - 1.1 will lead to heap buffer overflow and overwriting large memory block.

Weakness: CWE-787

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-36151?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Fedoraproject Fedora, Symonics Libmysofa.

How do I fix CVE-2020-36151?

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-2020-36151 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-36151 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-2020-36151, GHSA-mh5f-wj35-7j92, UBUNTU-CVE-2020-36151.