High
Security advisory
Buffer overflow in readDataVar in hdf/dataobject.c in Symonics libmysofa 0.5 - 1.1 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted SOFA.
- Products
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- Affected versions
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- Fixed versions
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- CVEs
- CVE-2020-36152
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 11:26 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
Buffer overflow in readDataVar in hdf/dataobject.c in Symonics libmysofa 0.5 - 1.1 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted SOFA.
osv:CVE-2020-36152
Complete source record
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