CVE-2018-20542

high

Description

There is a heap-based buffer-overflow at generator_spgemm_csc_reader.c (function libxsmm_sparse_csc_reader) in LIBXSMM 1.10, a different vulnerability than CVE-2018-20541 (which is in a different part of the source code and is seen at a different address).

References

https://github.com/hfp/libxsmm/issues/287

https://github.com/hfp/libxsmm/commit/151481489192e6d1997f8bde52c5c425ea41741d

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1652635

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1652633

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2018-12-28

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00483