The GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.32 could overflow an on-stack buffer during range reduction if an input to an 80-bit long double function contains a non-canonical bit pattern, a seen when passing a 0x5d414141414141410000 value to sinl on x86 targets. This is related to sysdeps/ieee754/ldbl-96/e_rem_pio2l.c.
CVE-2020-10029
Score 5.5 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: LOW) published 2022-05-24. NVD baseline CVSS 5.5; sources differ by 0.0.
- Lower severity and no public exploit yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 5.5
- EG Score
- 5.5(medium)
- EG Risk
- 30(Track)EG Risk 30/100SSVC: Track
EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).
How it’s computedSeverity55% × 45%Exploitation1% × 40%Automatability30% × 15%Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence. - EPSS PROB
- 1%
- EPSS %ILE
- 54%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
March 4, 2020
Last Modified
November 21, 2024
References (20)
- cve@mitrehttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00033.html
- cve@mitrehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/10/msg00021.html
- cve@mitrehttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/23N76M3EDP2GIW4GOIQRYTKRE7PPBRB2/
- cve@mitrehttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JZTFUD5VH2GU3YOXA2KBQSBIDZRDWNZ3/
- cve@mitrehttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VU5JJGENOK7K4X5RYAA5PL647C6HD22E/
- cve@mitrehttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202006-04
- cve@mitrehttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200327-0003/
- cve@mitrehttps://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=25487
- cve@mitrehttps://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=9333498794cde1d5cca518badf79533a24114b6f
- cve@mitrehttps://usn.ubuntu.com/4416-1/
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00033.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/10/msg00021.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/23N76M3EDP2GIW4GOIQRYTKRE7PPBRB2/
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JZTFUD5VH2GU3YOXA2KBQSBIDZRDWNZ3/
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VU5JJGENOK7K4X5RYAA5PL647C6HD22E/
Vendor Advisories for CVE-2020-10029(3)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
- RHSA-2021:3315Red Hat Product SecurityMedium
Red Hat Security Advisory: glibc security and bug fix update
- RHSA-2021:2998Red Hat Product SecurityMedium
Red Hat Security Advisory: glibc security update
- RHSA-2021:0949Red Hat Product SecurityLow
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat OpenShift Do openshift/odo-init-image 1.1.3 security update
Patch Availability(6)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ubuntu | nscd (2.23-0ubuntu11.2) @ xenial | 2026-05-27 | ubuntu |
| redhat | glibc-0:2.17-260.el7_6.9 | 2021-08-31 | redhat |
| redhat | glibc-0:2.17-292.el7_7.2 | 2021-08-03 | redhat |
| redhat | openshiftdo/odo-init-image-rhel7:1.1.3-2 | 2021-03-22 | redhat |
| redhat | glibc-0:2.17-322.el7_9 | 2021-02-02 | redhat |
| redhat | glibc-0:2.28-127.el8 | 2020-11-04 | redhat |
Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.
Affected Packages
(5 across 5 ecosystems)
Debian:10(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| glibc | 2.28-10, 2.28-10+deb10u1 | 2.28-10+deb10u2 | — |
Debian:11(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| glibc | — | 2.30-1 | — |
Debian:12(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| glibc | — | 2.30-1 | — |
Debian:13(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| glibc | — | 2.30-1 | — |
Debian:14(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| glibc | — | 2.30-1 | — |
Weakness Classification(2)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Additional Vendor Advisories
(4)
Vendors that published advisories for this CVE beyond the curated set above. Broader coverage but minimal per-row detail — click through for the original advisory.
- Microsoft MSRCCVE-2020-100292020-08-18
The GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.32 could overflow an on-stack buffer during range reduction if an input to an 80-bit long double function contains a non-canonical bit pattern a seen when passing a 0x5d414141414141410000 value to sinl on x86 targets. This is related to sysdeps/ieee754/ldbl-96/e_rem_pio2l.c.
- Red HatRHSA-2020:4444MODERATE2020-02-12
RHSA-2020:4444 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2021:0348MODERATE2020-02-12
RHSA-2021:0348 — Moderate
- UbuntuUSN-4416-1LOW
GNU C Library vulnerabilities
Data Freshness Timeline
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