8.6
HIGH
CVE-2020-17354
LilyPond Code Execution Vulnerability
Description

LilyPond before 2.24 allows attackers to bypass the -dsafe protection mechanism via output-def-lookup or output-def-scope, as demonstrated by dangerous Scheme code in a .ly file that causes arbitrary code execution during conversion to a different file format. NOTE: in 2.24 and later versions, safe mode is removed, and the product no longer tries to block code execution when external files are used.

INFO

Published Date :

April 15, 2023, 10:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 7, 2023, 3:19 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

6.0

Exploitability Score :

1.8
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2020-17354 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Lilypond lilypond

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2020-17354 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2020-17354 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ST5BLLQ4GDME3SN7UE5OMNE5GZE66X4Y/ [No types assigned]
    Added Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/K43PF6VGFJNNGAPY57BW3VMEFFOSMRLF/ [No types assigned]
    Removed Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/K43PF6VGFJNNGAPY57BW3VMEFFOSMRLF/
    Removed Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/ST5BLLQ4GDME3SN7UE5OMNE5GZE66X4Y/
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Apr. 26, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/K43PF6VGFJNNGAPY57BW3VMEFFOSMRLF/ [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/ST5BLLQ4GDME3SN7UE5OMNE5GZE66X4Y/ [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Apr. 25, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.18/Documentation/usage/command_002dline-usage No Types Assigned http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.18/Documentation/usage/command_002dline-usage Release Notes
    Changed Reference Type https://gitlab.com/lilypond/lilypond/-/merge_requests/1522 No Types Assigned https://gitlab.com/lilypond/lilypond/-/merge_requests/1522 Patch, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://lilypond.org/download.html No Types Assigned https://lilypond.org/download.html Product
    Changed Reference Type https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T259210 No Types Assigned https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T259210 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://tracker.debian.org/news/1249694/accepted-lilypond-2221-1-source-into-unstable/ No Types Assigned https://tracker.debian.org/news/1249694/accepted-lilypond-2221-1-source-into-unstable/ Mailing List, Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Score/2021_security_advisory No Types Assigned https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Score/2021_security_advisory Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-863
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:lilypond:lilypond:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 2.24.0
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CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.17 }} 0.03%

score

0.54617

percentile

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