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high 7.1

CVE-2020-12825 json

libcroco through 0.6.13 has excessive recursion in cr_parser_parse_any_core in cr-parser.c, leading to stack consumption.

published 2020-05-12 6 y ago modified 2026-08-13 2 mo ago also EUVD-2020-5108 , JLSEC-2026-1302

cvss
7.1
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.3%
EPSS 2.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 83%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

libcroco through 0.6.13 has excessive recursion in cr_parser_parse_any_core in cr-parser.c, leading to stack consumption.

Patch / fix

  • libcroco Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 0.6.13-1ubuntu0.1
  • libcroco Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS 0.6.8-2ubuntu1+esm1
  • libcroco Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS 0.6.11-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
  • libcroco Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS 0.6.12-2ubuntu0.1~esm1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2020-12825

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • libcroco RHEL 7 0.6.12-6.el7_9
  • libcroco RHEL 8 0.6.12-4.el8_2.1

red hat advisories RHSA-2020:4072RHSA-2020:3654

  • libcroco SLES for SAP 15 SP1, SLES for SAP 15, SLES 15-LTSS +7 more 0.6.12-150000.4.6.2
  • libcroco SLES for SAP 12 SP5, SLES for SAP 12 SP4, SLES 12 SP5 +6 more 0.6.11-12.6.45
  • libcroco SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP3, SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP2, SLE Micro 5.0 0.6.13-3.3.1
  • libcroco SLES 11 SP4-LTSS, SLE Point of Sale 11 SP3 0.6.1-122.9.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2022:3493-1SUSE-SU-2022:2909-1SUSE-SU-2021:3123-1SUSE-SU-2021:14800-1

  • gnome-shell openSUSE Tumbleweed 40.5-1.1
  • libcroco openSUSE Leap 15.2 0.6.13-lp152.2.3.1
  • libcroco openSUSE Leap 15.3 0.6.13-3.3.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10797-1openSUSE-SU-2021:1294-1openSUSE-SU-2021:3123-1

  • libcroco AlmaLinux 8 0.6.12-4.el8_2.1

almalinux advisories ALSA-2020:3654

  • libcroco Rocky Linux 8 0.6.12-4.el8_2.1

rocky linux advisories RLSA-2020:3654

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2020-12825 updated cvss 7.1

libcroco: Stack overflow in function cr_parser_parse_any_core in cr-parser.c

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 libcroco Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 gettext, inkscape, libcroco, gettext-libs, inkscape-view
    affected: workaround, no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 inkscape, inkscape-view Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 inkscape, inkscape-view
    affected: workaround, no fix available “Fix deferred”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 libcroco
    affected: workaround, no fix available
  • Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 8) libcroco-devel 0.6.12-4.el8_2.1, libcroco-debuginfo 0.6.12-4.el8_2.1, libcroco-debugsource 0.6.12-4.el8_2.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8) libcroco 0.6.12-4.el8_2.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:3654
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) libcroco 0.6.12-6.el7_9 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) libcroco-devel 0.6.12-6.el7_9, libcroco-debuginfo 0.6.12-6.el7_9 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) libcroco-devel 0.6.12-6.el7_9, libcroco-debuginfo 0.6.12-6.el7_9 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) libcroco 0.6.12-6.el7_9 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) libcroco-devel 0.6.12-6.el7_9, libcroco-debuginfo 0.6.12-6.el7_9 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) libcroco 0.6.12-6.el7_9
    +1 more products
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) libcroco-devel 0.6.12-6.el7_9, libcroco-debuginfo 0.6.12-6.el7_9
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:4072
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 gettext, gettext-libs, emacs-gettext Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 gettext, gettext-libs
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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Exploit prediction

2.32% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 83% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • gitlab.gnome.org https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libcroco/-/issues/8 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • openwall.com http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/08/13/3 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 7.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
NVD 2.0 5.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
OSV 3.1 7.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
julia Libcroco_jll
all versions
 no fix listed

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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