Security advisory
An issue was discovered in ReadyTalk Avian 1.2.0. The vm::arrayCopy method defined in classpath-common.h returns silently when a negative length is provided (instead of throwing an exception). This could result in data being lost during the copy, with varying consequences depending on the subsequent use of the destination buffer. NOTE: This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer
- Products
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- Affected versions
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- Fixed versions
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- CVEs
- CVE-2020-17361
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
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- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 09:59 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
An issue was discovered in ReadyTalk Avian 1.2.0. The vm::arrayCopy method defined in classpath-common.h returns silently when a negative length is provided (instead of throwing an exception). This could result in data being lost during the copy, with varying consequences depending on the subsequent use of the destination buffer. NOTE: This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer
osv:CVE-2020-17361
Complete source record
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