# CVE-2020-36619: multimon-ng: A vulnerability was found in multimon-ng

CVE-2020-36619 is fixed in multimon-ng on 1 platform, first by DEBIAN-CVE-2020-36619, released December 19, 2022. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: Urgent.

- Web page: https://patchblox.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-36619
- Priority: Urgent
- CVSS: 9.8 (critical)
- EPSS: 0.0097
- CISA KEV: not listed
- Exploited (vendor report): no
- Publicly disclosed: no
- Published: Dec 19, 2022

## Description

A vulnerability was found in multimon-ng. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects the function add_ch of the file demod_flex.c. The manipulation of the argument ch leads to format string. Upgrading to version 1.2.0 is able to address this issue. The name of the patch is e5a51c508ef952e81a6da25b43034dd1ed023c07. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The identifier VDB-216269 was assigned to this vulnerability.

## Where it's fixed

| Platform | Product | Fixed in | Fix | Released |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | multimon-ng Debian 12.15 (bookworm) | 1.2.0+dfsg-1 | [DEBIAN-CVE-2020-36619](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/debian-cve-2020-36619.md) | Dec 19, 2022 |
| Linux | multimon-ng Debian 13.5 (trixie) | 1.2.0+dfsg-1 | [DEBIAN-CVE-2020-36619](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/debian-cve-2020-36619.md) | Dec 19, 2022 |
| Linux | multimon-ng Debian 14 | 1.2.0+dfsg-1 | [DEBIAN-CVE-2020-36619](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/debian-cve-2020-36619.md) | Dec 19, 2022 |

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