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Fencer Vulns
critical 9.8

CVE-2020-24074 json

The decode program in silk-v3-decoder Version:20160922 Build By kn007 does not strictly check data, resulting in a buffer overflow.

published 2020-09-09 6 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2020-16810

cvss
9.8
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.0%
EPSS 2.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 81%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The decode program in silk-v3-decoder Version:20160922 Build By kn007 does not strictly check data, resulting in a buffer overflow.

Patch / fix

Exploit prediction

2.03% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 81% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • github.com https://github.com/kn007/silk-v3-decoder/issues/62 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.