CVE-2024-20078

CVSS 3.1 Score 9.8 of 10 (high)

Details

Published Jul 1, 2024
Updated: Jul 3, 2024
CWE ID 843

Summary

CVE-2024-20078 is a newly disclosed vulnerability affecting the venc software. This issue involves a possible out-of-bounds write caused by type confusion, which can result in local privilege escalation. The exploitation of this vulnerability does not necessitate user interaction, making it particularly dangerous. System execution privileges are required to successfully exploit this flaw. The patch for this vulnerability is identified as ALPS08737250, and it is recommended that affected systems be updated as soon as possible.

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