# CVE-2020-13995: U.S.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 GitHub repo listed by PoC-in-GitHub
- Published: 2020-09-25 · Updated: 2024-08-04

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

U.S. Air Force Sensor Data Management System extract75 has a buffer overflow that leads to code execution. An overflow in a global variable (sBuffer) leads to a Write-What-Where outcome. Writing beyond sBuffer will clobber most global variables until reaching a pointer such as DES_info or image_info. By controlling that pointer, one achieves an arbitrary write when its fields are assigned. The data written is from a potentially untrusted NITF file in the form of an integer. The attacker can gain control of the instruction pointer.

## What to do

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## References

- https://www.riverloopsecurity.com/blog/2020/09/nitf-extract75-cve-2020-13995/
- https://github.com/dbrumley/extract75-cve-2020-13995

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