CVE-2020-6096
glibc: signed comparison vulnerability in the ARMv7 memcpy function
Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.1
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Published · March 2, 2020
Updated · October 14, 2026
Description
A signed comparison vulnerability was found in GNU libc in the ARMv7 implementation of memcpy(). The flaw affects the third argument to memcpy() that specifies the number of bytes to copy. An underflow on the third argument could lead to undefined behavior such as out-of-bounds memory write and potentially remote code execution.
Statement
Red Hat Enterprise Linux only supports the 64-bit ARM architecture (AArch64) which does not include the vulnerable implementation of memcpy(). Therefore, all versions of glibc as shipped with RHEL are not affected by this flaw.
CVSS score applicability
The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.
Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.1 · 8.1CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE-190 · Integer Overflow or Wraparound