ubuntu-cve-2020-14940
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2020-06-23 10:15
Modified
2026-05-20 14:52
Summary
Details

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.

Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
N/A (UNKNOWN)
medium
References
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        "2.0.0+dfsg1-2",
        "2.0.0+dfsg1-3"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "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.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2020-14940",
  "modified": "2026-05-20T14:52:15Z",
  "published": "2020-06-23T10:15:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-14940"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://logicaltrust.net/blog/2020/06/tuxguitar.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://sourceforge.net/p/tuxguitar/bugs/126/"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-14940"
    }
  ],
  "related": [],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "medium",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2020-14940"
  ]
}



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