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CVE-2020-28928

In musl libc through 1.2.1, wcsnrtombs mishandles particular combinations of destination buffer size and source character limit, as demonstrated by an invalid write access (buffer overflow).

  • Published: Nov 24, 2020
  • Updated: Nov 16, 2025
  • CVE: CVE-2020-28928
  • Severity: Medium
  • Exploit:

CVSS v3:

  • Severity: Medium
  • Score: 5.5
  • AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v2:

  • Severity: Low
  • Score: 2.1
  • AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CWEs:

Software From Fixed in
musl-libc / musl - 1.2.1.x
debian / debian_linux 9.0 9.0.x
fedoraproject / fedora 33 33.x
fedoraproject / fedora 34 34.x
oracle / graalvm 20.3.2 20.3.2.x
oracle / graalvm 21.1.0 21.1.0.x