Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')
CVE-2020-8896
Summary
A Buffer Overflow vulnerability in the khcrypt implementation in Google Earth Pro versions up to and including 7.3.2 allows an attacker to perform a Man-in-the-Middle attack using a specially crafted key to read data past the end of the buffer used to hold it. Mitigation: Update to Google Earth Pro 7.3.3.
- HIGH
- NETWORK
- NONE
- UNCHANGED
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- HIGH
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CWE-120 - Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')
The program copies an input buffer to an output buffer without verifying that the size of the input buffer is less than the size of the output buffer, leading to a buffer overflow.
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Advisory Timeline
- Published