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DEBIAN-CVE-2020-8244
DEBIAN-CVE-2020-8244
PUBLISHED
CVSS 6.5 MEDIUM
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.
Risk Scores
CVSS 3.1
6.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Debian:13 | node-bl | 0, 0, 0 |
| Debian:11 | node-bl | 0, 0, 0 |
| Debian:12 | node-bl | 0, 0, 0 |
| Debian:14 | node-bl | 0, 0, 0 |
Exploit Intelligence
- Security analysis - CVE-2020-8244 (github-poc-repo)
- Security analysis - CVE-2020-8244 (github-poc-repo)
Timeline
- Aug 30, 2020 CVE Published
- Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated