{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2020-1917","details":"xbuf_format_converter, used as part of exif_read_data, was appending a terminating null character to the generated string, but was not using its standard append char function. As a result, if the buffer was full, it would result in an out-of-bounds write. This issue affects HHVM versions prior to 4.56.3, all versions between 4.57.0 and 4.80.1, all versions between 4.81.0 and 4.93.1, and versions 4.94.0, 4.95.0, 4.96.0, 4.97.0, 4.98.0.","modified":"2026-04-22T12:32:12.210286Z","published":"2021-03-10T16:15:00Z","upstream":["CVE-2020-1917"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-1917"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://github.com/facebook/hhvm/commit/08193b7f0cd3910256e00d599f0f3eb2519c44ca"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://hhvm.com/blog/2021/02/25/security-update.html"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-1917"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"hhvm","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:16.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/hhvm@3.11.1+dfsg-1ubuntu1?arch=source&distro=xenial"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["3.11.0+dfsg-1","3.11.1+dfsg-1","3.11.1+dfsg-1ubuntu1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_name":"hhvm","binary_version":"3.11.1+dfsg-1ubuntu1"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2020/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-1917.json"}},{"package":{"name":"hhvm","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:18.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/hhvm@3.21.0+dfsg-2ubuntu2?arch=source&distro=bionic"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["3.21.0+dfsg-2","3.21.0+dfsg-2build1","3.21.0+dfsg-2build2","3.21.0+dfsg-2build3","3.21.0+dfsg-2ubuntu2"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_name":"hhvm","binary_version":"3.21.0+dfsg-2ubuntu2"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2020/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-1917.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]}