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
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
An issue was discovered in USC iLab cereal through 1.3.0. It employs caching of std::shared_ptr values, using the raw pointer address as a unique identifier. This becomes problematic if an std::shared_ptr variable goes out of scope and is freed, and a new std::shared_ptr is allocated at the same address. Serialization fidelity thereby becomes dependent upon memory layout. In short, serialized std::shared_ptr variables cannot always be expected to serialize back into their original values. This can have any number of consequences, depending on the context within which this manifests.
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-2020-11105
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-wgww-fh2f-c855
References
More Usc Cereal vulnerabilities
- TI-2020-08977 An issue was discovered in USC iLab cereal through 1.3.0. CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.3
Sources
- CVE-2020-11105 · CVE Program
- CVE-2020-11105 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-wgww-fh2f-c855 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2020-11105 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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