High
Security advisory
A heap buffer overflow read was discovered in upx 4.0.0, because the check in p_lx_elf.cpp is not perfect.
- Products
- Not specified
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2020-24119
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 11:06 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
A heap buffer overflow read was discovered in upx 4.0.0, because the check in p_lx_elf.cpp is not perfect.
osv:CVE-2020-24119
Complete source record
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