CVE-2020-17354 (GCVE-0-2020-17354)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-04-15 00:00 – Updated: 2025-02-06 17:00
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
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.
Severity
8.6 (High)
SSVC
Exploitation: poc
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-02-06 17:00 UTC
CWE
- n/a
- CWE-863 - Incorrect Authorization
Assigner
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