CVE-2020-37239
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Vulnerability report for CVE-2020-37239, including description, CVSS score, EPSS score, affected products, exploitability, helpful resources, and attack-flow context.

Publication date: 2026-05-16

Last updated on: 2026-05-16

Assigner: VulnCheck

Description

libbabl 0.1.62 contains a broken double free detection vulnerability that allows attackers to bypass memory safety checks by exploiting signature overwriting in freed chunks. Attackers can call babl_free() twice on the same pointer without triggering detection, as libc's malloc metadata overwrites babl's signature field upon freeing, enabling potential memory corruption and code execution.

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Published
2026-05-16
Last Modified
2026-05-16
Generated
2026-06-30
EPSS Evaluated
2026-06-28
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CWE ID Description
CWE-415 The product calls free() twice on the same memory address.

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