High severity8.8OSV Advisory· Published Dec 28, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2018-20542

Description

There is a heap-based buffer-overflow at generator_spgemm_csc_reader.c (function libxsmm_sparse_csc_reader) in LIBXSMM 1.10, a different vulnerability than CVE-2018-20541 (which is in a different part of the source code and is seen at a different address).

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Affected products

Libxsmm/LibxsmmOSV2 versions
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- (no CPE)
- (no CPE)range: <=1.10

Patches

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References

github.com/hfp/libxsmm/commit/151481489192e6d1997f8bde52c5c425ea41741dnvdPatchThird Party Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvdExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvdExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
github.com/hfp/libxsmm/issues/287nvdExploitPatchThird Party Advisory

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