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"CVE-2020-19909 is everything that is wrong with CVEs"

A claimed "9.8 CRITICAL" flaw in #curl that does not exist.

https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2023/08/26/cve-2020-19909-is-everything-that-is-wrong-with-cves/

CVE-2020-19909 is everything that is wrong with CVEs

This is a story consisting of several little building blocks and they occurred spread out in time and in different places. It is a story that shows with clarity how our current system with CVE Ids and lots of power given to NVD is a completely broken system. CVE-2020-19909 On August 25 2023, we got … Continue reading CVE-2020-19909 is everything that is wrong with CVEs →

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Show threadmonpopAug 26, 2023
@bagder wait…. So it’s just a bug? If it overflows it just executes, that’s all? Could an attacker do anything with that?
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@monpop @bagder Is control of the command line in the threat model? I would be surprised if it is, I guess. Then the attacker has your machine already.
Aug 26, 2023 at 2:22amWeb