7.1

CVE-2020-12825: gnome libcroco Uncontrolled Recursion

CVSS: 7.1v3.1HighModified
AliasesMGASA-2021-0333SUSE-SU-2021:14800-1SUSE-SU-2021:3123-1
Published 12-05-2020Last modified 04-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2020-12825 is a high (CVSS 7.1) Uncontrolled Recursion vulnerability in gnome libcroco. EPSS estimates a 2.32% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 83.1% of scored vulnerabilities. 2 public exploits are recorded.

Overall risk
39/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.1/10
010
High · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
2.32%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits2reference

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 3 · Related 3
OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10797-1USN-5389-1USN-6958-1

Timeline

  1. 12-05-2020
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 04-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

libcroco through 0.6.13 has excessive recursion in cr_parser_parse_any_core in cr-parser.c, leading to stack consumption.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

2.32%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

83%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 2.32% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
2.32%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

2 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (gitlab.gnome.org)

    Maturity: unknown

  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (openwall.com)

    Maturity: unknown

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Suse24 products
  • libcroco&distro=SUSE Enterprise Storage 6< 0.6.12-150000.4.6.2
  • libcroco&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-ESPOS< 0.6.12-150000.4.6.2
  • libcroco&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-LTSS< 0.6.12-150000.4.6.2
  • libcroco&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-ESPOS< 0.6.12-150000.4.6.2
  • libcroco&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-LTSS< 0.6.12-150000.4.6.2
Redhat4 products
  • libcroco< 0:0.6.12-4.el8_2.1 | < 0:0.6.12-6.el7_9
  • libcroco-debuginfo< 0:0.6.12-4.el8_2.1 | < 0:0.6.12-6.el7_9
  • libcroco-debugsource< 0:0.6.12-4.el8_2.1
  • libcroco-devel< 0:0.6.12-4.el8_2.1 | < 0:0.6.12-6.el7_9
Mageia2 products
  • gettext< 0.19.8.1-4.1.mga7
  • libcroco< 0.6.13-1.2.mga7
Opensuse2 products
  • libcroco&distro=openSUSE Leap 15.2< 0.6.13-lp152.2.3.1
  • libcroco&distro=openSUSE Leap 15.3< 0.6.13-3.3.1
Ubuntu2 products
  • gnome-shellAll versions (No fix recorded)
  • libcroco< 0.6.8-2ubuntu1+esm1 | < 0.6.11-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 | < 0.6.12-2ubuntu0.1~esm1 | < 0.6.13-1ubuntu0.1
Gnome1 product

6 vendors · 35 products

References

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