MGASA-2021-0002

Advisory lineage Upstream: 1 Downstream: 0
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CVE-2020-24977
Published: 04 Jan 2021, 14:42
Last modified:16 Apr 2026, 04:25

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
minimal
0/100
CVSS Score
No data
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

04 Jan 2021, 14:42
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
16 Apr 2026, 04:25
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

Updated libxml2 packages fix a security vulnerability libxml2 v2.9.10 and earlier has a global Buffer Overflow vulnerability in xmlEncodeEntitiesInternal at libxml2/entities.c (CVE-2020-24977).

Affected Systems

  • mageia•libxml2

    < 2.9.9-2.5.mga7

References (4)