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TI-2020-11751 Aliases CVE-2020-14940GHSA-6ph8-rp44-5gqr

An issue was discovered in io/gpx/GPXDocumentReader.java in TuxGuitar 1.5.4.

Priority LOW 39CWE-611Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Information disclosure
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · None · None
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-611 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

An issue was discovered in io/gpx/GPXDocumentReader.java in TuxGuitar 1.5.4. It uses misconfigured XML parsers, leading to XXE while loading GP6 (.gpx) and GP7 (.gp) tablature files.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.03591 89th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 2 exploit referencesTagged by NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:herac:tuxguitar:1.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.5.4VulnerableHerac
  • cpe:2.3:a:herac:tuxguitar:1.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.5.4 Vulnerable ·Herac

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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Not affected: 1 product
  • Red Hat

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-14940
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-6ph8-rp44-5gqr

References

Exploit 2

  • TI-2010-03227 TuxGuitar 1.2 places a zero-length directory name in the LD_LIBRARY_PATH, which allows… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 6.9

Sources

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