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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2020-28599

A stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the import_stl.cc:import_stl() functionality of Openscad openscad-2020.12-RC2. A specially crafted STL file can lead to code execution. An attacker can provide a malicious file to trigger this vulnerability.

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1 Nov 2026, 07:26 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2020-28599

core-osv · Original source

Published 24 Feb 2021, 16:15 UTC

A stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the import_stl.cc:import_stl() functionality of Openscad openscad-2020.12-RC2. A specially crafted STL file can lead to code execution. An attacker can provide a malicious file to trigger this vulnerability.

osv:CVE-2020-28599
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-28599",
  "method": "structured",
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    "summary": "A stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the import_stl.cc:import_stl() functionality of Openscad openscad-2020.12-RC2. A specially crafted STL file can lead to code execution. An attacker can provide a malicious file to trigger this vulnerability.",
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      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:53.339434411Z",
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      "references": [
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        "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KRHYUWXQ7QQIC6TXDYYLYFFF7B7L3EBD/",
        "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-35",
        "https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2020-1223",
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  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 437896,
  "published_at": "2021-02-24T16:15:14.273+00:00"
}