PT-2026-41439

CVE-2020-37239

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Published

2026-05-16

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Updated

2026-09-29

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CVSS 3.1
9.8
Critical
MetricsAV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions libbabl version 0.1.62
Description An issue exists where double free detection is broken, allowing attackers to bypass memory safety checks by exploiting signature overwriting in freed chunks. By calling the babl free() function twice on the same pointer, detection is not triggered because libc's malloc metadata overwrites the signature field of babl upon freeing. This can lead to memory corruption and potential code execution.
Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.
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