{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2020-29394","details":"A buffer overflow in the dlt_filter_load function in dlt_common.c from dlt-daemon through 2.18.5 (GENIVI Diagnostic Log and Trace) allows arbitrary code execution because fscanf is misused (no limit on the number of characters to be read in the format argument).","modified":"2026-04-22T12:36:37.325903Z","published":"2020-11-30T19:15:00Z","upstream":["CVE-2020-29394"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-29394"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://github.com/GENIVI/dlt-daemon/issues/274"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://github.com/GENIVI/dlt-daemon/pull/275"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://github.com/GENIVI/dlt-daemon/commit/ff4f44c159df6f44b48bd38c9d2f104eb360be11"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-29394"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"dlt-daemon","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:20.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/dlt-daemon@2.18.4-0.1?arch=source&distro=focal"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["2.18.4-0.1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_name":"dlt-daemon","binary_version":"2.18.4-0.1"},{"binary_name":"dlt-tools","binary_version":"2.18.4-0.1"},{"binary_name":"libdlt-examples","binary_version":"2.18.4-0.1"},{"binary_name":"libdlt2","binary_version":"2.18.4-0.1"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2020/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-29394.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]}