Security advisory

{
  "id": "bcaeac57744a3e049beb38f98866d8ece88a6fb644c99350a0e0f3e87f43c1a1",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-27796",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2020-27796",
    "summary": "A heap-based buffer over-read was discovered in the invert_pt_dynamic function in p_lx_elf.cpp in UPX 4.0.0 via a crafted Mach-O file.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2020-27796",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2020-27796",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2020-27796"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/upx/upx",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "69ca635c4c0ba474e9ca583dbb42e3d028c4533a"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "69ca635c4c0ba474e9ca583dbb42e3d028c4533a"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:upx:upx:4.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "4.0.0"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "4.0.0"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_STRING"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "4.0.0",
            "v4.0.0"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2020-27796.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:54:19.235426818Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/upx/upx/issues/392"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2020-27796",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 385032,
  "published_at": "2022-08-25T20:15:08.487+00:00"
}