CVE-2020-28895

integer overflow in calloc

Published Feb 3, 2021 CVSS 3.1 · 7.3 High EPSS 1.5% KEV · Not listed
Description
In Wind River VxWorks, memory allocator has a possible overflow in calculating the memory block's size to be allocated by calloc(). As a result, the actual memory allocated is smaller than the buffer size specified by the arguments, leading to memory corruption.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2020-21286 In Wind River VxWorks, memory allocator has a possible overflow in calculating the memory block's size to be allocated by calloc(). As a result, the actual memory allocated is smaller than the buffer size specified by the arguments, leading to memory corruption.
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00491}

epss

{'score': 0.0045}

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 4, 2024, 4:41 PM
Reserved
Nov 17, 2020, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Feb 3, 2021, 4:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 3:10 AM