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Vulnerability record · CVE-2020-12825 · published 12 May 2020

CVE-2020-12825: Gnome libcroco vulnerability

Gnome · Libcroco

libcroco through 0.6.13 has excessive recursion in cr_parser_parse_any_core in cr-parser.c, leading to stack consumption.

7.1 CVSS 3.1 High EPSS 2.3% · top 17.1% CWE-674 · CWE-674
7.1CVSS 3.1 base score, v2 5.8
2.3%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
8References, 4 tagged exploit
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

libcroco through 0.6.13 has excessive recursion in cr_parser_parse_any_core in cr-parser.c, leading to stack consumption.

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/08/13/3 ExploitMailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/09/08/3 Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libcroco/-/issues/8 ExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-33 Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/08/13/3 ExploitMailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/09/08/3 Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libcroco/-/issues/8 ExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-33 Third Party Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2020-12825), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-10-06). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.