CVE-2020-36646
No exploitation reported by the sources we read.
- Published2023-01-07
- Fixed in0.4.39
- WeaknessCWE-476 · CWE-690
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Description
A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in MediaArea ZenLib up to 0.4.38. This affects the function Ztring::Date_From_Seconds_1970_Local of the file Source/ZenLib/Ztring.cpp. The manipulation of the argument Value leads to unchecked return value to null pointer dereference. Upgrading to version 0.4.39 is able to address this issue. The identifier of the patch is 6475fcccd37c9cf17e0cfe263b5fe0e2e47a8408. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The identifier VDB-217629 was assigned to this vulnerability.
Timeline
dates in UTC- 2023-01-0720:15CVE publishedNVD
Observed activity
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Versions per branch
NVD| Branch | Affected | Fixed in | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0.4 | ≥ 0.4.0, < 0.4.39 | 0.4.39 | NVD |
as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.
Fix
- Update Mediaarea zenlib to 0.4.39
Advisories and patches
- github.comPatch
- github.comPatch
- github.comRelease Notes
Detection
- Nuclei template
- none so far ProjectDiscovery
- Exploit-DB
- no entry Exploit-DB
- Proof-of-concept repositories
- none listed PoC-in-GitHub
Sources
Technical details
- CVSS v3 Vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Published
- 2023-01-07
- Last Modified
- 2026-06-17
- NVD status
- Modified
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