An issue was discovered in USC iLab cereal through 1.3.0.
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Information disclosure
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · None · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-908 and the CVSS impact.
Summary
An issue was discovered in USC iLab cereal through 1.3.0. Serialization of an (initialized) C/C++ long double variable into a BinaryArchive or PortableBinaryArchive leaks several bytes of stack or heap memory, from which sensitive information (such as memory layout or private keys) can be gleaned if the archive is distributed outside of a trusted context.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Vendor assessments
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-11104
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-7w9q-vfgp-w49f
References
More Usc Cereal vulnerabilities
- TI-2020-08978 An issue was discovered in USC iLab cereal through 1.3.0. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
Sources
- CVE-2020-11104 · CVE Program
- CVE-2020-11104 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-7w9q-vfgp-w49f · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2020-11104 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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