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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2020-11104

An issue was discovered in USC iLab cereal through 1.3.0. Serialization of an (initialized) C/C++ long double variable into a BinaryArchive or PortableBinaryArchive leaks several bytes of stack or heap memory, from which sensitive information (such as memory layout or private keys) can be gleaned if the archive is distributed outside of a trusted context.

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31 Oct 2026, 10:48 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2020-11104

core-osv · Original source

Published 30 Mar 2020, 22:15 UTC

An issue was discovered in USC iLab cereal through 1.3.0. Serialization of an (initialized) C/C++ long double variable into a BinaryArchive or PortableBinaryArchive leaks several bytes of stack or heap memory, from which sensitive information (such as memory layout or private keys) can be gleaned if the archive is distributed outside of a trusted context.

osv:CVE-2020-11104
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-11104",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
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    "title": "CVE-2020-11104",
    "summary": "An issue was discovered in USC iLab cereal through 1.3.0. Serialization of an (initialized) C/C++ long double variable into a BinaryArchive or PortableBinaryArchive leaks several bytes of stack or heap memory, from which sensitive information (such as memory layout or private keys) can be gleaned if the archive is distributed outside of a trusted context.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2020-11104",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
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      "metrics": [
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          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
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              "repo": "https://github.com/uscilab/cereal",
              "type": "GIT",
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                {
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                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "02eace19a99ce3cd564ca4e379753d69af08c2c8"
                }
              ],
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          ],
          "versions": [
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            "v1.0.0",
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            "v0.9.0"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
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          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:51:45.974301187Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/USCiLab/cereal/issues/625"
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      "provider_metadata": {}
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    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 382898,
  "published_at": "2020-03-30T22:15:15.117+00:00"
}