CVE-2020-8896 (GCVE-0-2020-8896)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-05-04 13:25 – Updated: 2024-08-04 10:12
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Buffer Overflow in Google Earth Pro
Summary
A Buffer Overflow vulnerability in the khcrypt implementation in Google Earth Pro versions up to and including 7.3.2 allows an attacker to perform a Man-in-the-Middle attack using a specially crafted key to read data past the end of the buffer used to hold it. Mitigation: Update to Google Earth Pro 7.3.3.
Severity
4.2 (Medium)
CWE
- CWE-119 - Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
Assigner
References
1 reference
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://support.google.com/earth/answer/40901 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Google LLC | Google Earth Pro |
Affected:
stable , ≤ 7.3.2
(custom)
|
guessed |
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