MediumFix available
gsl — security advisory
A buffer overflow can occur when calculating the quantile value using the Statistics Library of GSL (GNU Scientific Library), versions 2.5 and 2.6. Processing a maliciously crafted input data for gsl_stats_quantile_from_sorted_data of the library may lead to unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution.
- Products
- gsl
- Affected versions
- 2.7.1+dfsg-5
- Fixed versions
- 2.7.1+dfsg-5+deb12u1, 2.7.1+dfsg-6
- CVEs
- CVE-2020-35357
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 13:54 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
A buffer overflow can occur when calculating the quantile value using the Statistics Library of GSL (GNU Scientific Library), versions 2.5 and 2.6. Processing a maliciously crafted input data for gsl_stats_quantile_from_sorted_data of the library may lead to unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2020-35357
gsl
Fixed versions: 2.7.1+dfsg-5+deb12u1
gsl
Fixed versions: 2.7.1+dfsg-6
gsl
Fixed versions: 2.7.1+dfsg-6
Complete source record
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