CVE-2020-28601
highpriority · track · 40EPSS 0.029 · 87 %ileEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
A code execution vulnerability exists in the Nef polygon-parsing functionality of CGAL libcgal CGAL-5.1.1. An oob read vulnerability exists in Nef_2/PM_io_parser.h PM_io_parser::read_vertex() Face_of[] OOB read. An attacker can provide malicious input to trigger this vulnerability.
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · high–critical · 7.3–10
ssvc
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affected products (16)
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- cgal computational geometry algorithms library= 5.1.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:cgal:computational_geometry_algorithms_library:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
also known as (4)
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sources
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references (22)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://github.com/CGAL/cgal/releases/tag/v5.1.2Patchcnnvd
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/05/msg00002.htmlcnnvd
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/12/msg00011.htmlcnnvd
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/E4J344OKKDLPRN422OYRR46HDEN6MM6P/cnnvd
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NB5SF5OJR2DSV7CC6U7FVW5VJSJO5EKV/cnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-28601cnnvd
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-34cnnvd
- https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2020-1225cnnvd
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