CVE-2020-29394: Debian Linux

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 1.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A buffer overflow in the dlt_filter_load function in dlt_common.c from dlt-daemon through 2.18.5 (GENIVI Diagnostic Log and Trace) allows arbitrary code execution because fscanf is misused (no limit on the number of characters to be read in the format argument).

Affected products

• Debian Debian Linux: version 10.0 only
• Genivi Diagnostic Log And Trace: up to and including 2.18.5

Published 2020-11-30. Last modified 2026-06-17.