9.8

CVE-2020-12279: debian debian_linux

CVSS: 9.8v3.1CriticalModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2020-12279DEBIAN-CVE-2020-12279
Published 27-04-2020Last modified 04-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2020-12279 is a critical (CVSS 9.8) vulnerability in debian debian_linux. EPSS estimates a 5.21% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 92.4% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
70/100
0100
High · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
9.8/10
010
Critical · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
5.21%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 3 · Related 1
DLA-2936-1DLA-3340-1USN-6678-1

Timeline

  1. 27-04-2020
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 04-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

An issue was discovered in libgit2 before 0.28.4 and 0.9x before 0.99.0. checkout.c mishandles equivalent filenames that exist because of NTFS short names. This may allow remote code execution when cloning a repository. This issue is similar to CVE-2019-1353.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

5.21%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

92%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 5.21% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
5.21%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian2 products
Libgit21 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • libgit2All versions (No fix recorded) | < 0.24.1-2ubuntu0.2+esm2 | < 0.26.0+dfsg.1-1.1ubuntu0.2+esm1

3 vendors · 4 products

References

10 links