CVE-2020-15692

Publication date 14 August 2020

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

9.8 · Critical

Score breakdown

In Nim 1.2.4, the standard library browsers mishandles the URL argument to browsers.openDefaultBrowser. This argument can be a local file path that will be opened in the default explorer. An attacker can pass one argument to the underlying open command to execute arbitrary registered system commands.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
nim 24.10 oracular
Fixed 1.2.6-1
24.04 LTS noble
Fixed 1.2.6-1
23.10 mantic
Fixed 1.2.6-1
23.04 lunar
Fixed 1.2.6-1
21.10 impish
Fixed 1.2.6-1
21.04 hirsute
Fixed 1.2.6-1
20.10 groovy
Fixed 1.2.6-1
20.04 LTS focal
Vulnerable
18.04 LTS bionic
Vulnerable
16.04 LTS xenial
Vulnerable
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release

Patch details

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Package Patch details
nim

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 9.8 · Critical
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H