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CVE-2020-8244

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Published: Aug 30, 2020Modified: Jun 17, 2026

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6.5
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L
Exploitability: 3.9 / Impact: 2.5
Source: NVD

Description

A buffer over-read vulnerability exists in bl <4.0.3, <3.0.1, <2.2.1, and <1.2.3 which could allow an attacker to supply user input (even typed) that if it ends up in consume() argument and can become negative, the BufferList state can be corrupted, tricking it into exposing uninitialized memory via regular .slice() calls.

Affected (5)

Bufferlist
1 product
Debian Linux
Configuration A
4 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Before 1.2.3
From 2.0.0 to 2.2.1
From 3.0.0 to 3.0.1
From 4.0.0 to 4.0.3
Configuration B
1 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Version 9.0

References (4)

Source: support@hackerone.com
ExploitPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: support@hackerone.com
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
ExploitPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory

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