p11-kit up to 0.23.21 RPC heap-based overflow

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as critical has been found in p11-kit up to 0.23.21. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component RPC Handler. Executing a manipulation can lead to heap-based overflow. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2020-29362. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in p11-kit up to 0.23.21. This vulnerability affects an unknown part of the component RPC Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a heap-based overflow vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-122. A heap overflow condition is a buffer overflow, where the buffer that can be overwritten is allocated in the heap portion of memory, generally meaning that the buffer was allocated using a routine such as malloc(). As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was released 12/16/2020. The advisory is shared for download at github.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2020-29362. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 266264 (NewStart CGSL MAIN 6.06 : p11-kit Multiple Vulnerabilities (NS-SA-2025-0209)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (266264). VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Heap-based overflow
CWE: CWE-122 / CWE-119
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 266264
Nessus Name: NewStart CGSL MAIN 6.06 : p11-kit Multiple Vulnerabilities (NS-SA-2025-0209)

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

12/16/2020 🔍
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10/01/2025 +1750 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: github.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2020-29362 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2020-29362
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-166456

Entryinfo

Created: 12/16/2020 17:19
Updated: 10/01/2025 06:56
Changes: 12/16/2020 17:19 (35), 10/01/2025 06:56 (19)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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