CVE-2020-35357

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.

Score

CVSS 3.1 6.5 Medium

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2023-08-22

Last modified

2024-12-07

Weaknesses

CWE-120

Affected products

• Debian Linux (Debian)
• Gnu Scientific Library (Gnu)

References

• https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/gsl.git/commit/?id=989a193268b963aa1047814f7f1402084fb7d859
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/09/msg00023.html
• https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?59624
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/12/msg00006.html