A floating point exception issue was discovered in UPX in PackLinuxElf64::invert_pt_dynamic() function of p_lx_elf.cpp file. An attacker with a crafted input file could trigger this issue that could cause a crash leading to a denial of service. The highest impact is to Availability.
References
Link Resource
https://github.com/upx/upx/commit/eb90eab6325d009004ffb155e3e33f22d4d3ca26 Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/upx/upx/issues/331 Exploit Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
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cve-icon MITRE Information

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2022-08-18T18:57:21

Updated: 2022-08-18T18:57:21

Reserved: 2020-10-27T00:00:00


Link: CVE-2020-27790

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cve-icon NVD Information

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2022-08-18T19:15:14.270

Modified: 2022-08-23T14:55:09.127


Link: CVE-2020-27790

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cve-icon Redhat Information

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