CVE-2020-8896
Buffer Overflow in Google Earth Pro
A Buffer Overflow vulnerability in the khcrypt implementation in Google Earth Pro versions up to and including 7.3.2 allows an attacker to perform a Man-in-the-Middle attack using a specially crafted key to read data past the end of the buffer used to hold it. Mitigation: Update to Google Earth Pro 7.3.3.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Adjacent network
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- Low
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Buffer Overflow in Google Earth Pro
A Buffer Overflow vulnerability in the khcrypt implementation in Google Earth Pro versions up to and including 7.3.2 allows an attacker to perform a Man-in-the-Middle attack using a specially crafted key to read data past the end of the buffer used to hold it. Mitigation: Update to Google Earth Pro 7.3.3.
- Record
CVE-2020-8896- CVSS 3.1
- 4.2 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-119
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-29737
A Buffer Overflow vulnerability in the khcrypt implementation in Google Earth Pro versions up to and including 7.3.2 allows an attacker to perform a Man-in-the-Middle attack using a specially crafted key to read data past the end of the buffer used to hold it. Mitigation: Update to Google Earth Pro 7.3.3.
- Record
EUVD-2020-29737- CVSS 3.1
- 4.2 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-33rh-fh49-758p No score
A Buffer Overflow vulnerability in the khcrypt implementation in Google Earth Pro versions up to...
A Buffer Overflow vulnerability in the khcrypt implementation in Google Earth Pro versions up to and including 7.3.2 allows an attacker to perform a Man-in-the-Middle attack using a specially crafted key to read data past the end of the buffer used to hold it. Mitigation: Update to Google Earth Pro 7.3.3.
- Record
GHSA-33rh-fh49-758p- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
A Buffer Overflow vulnerability in the khcrypt implementation in Google Earth Pro versions up to and including 7.3.2 allows an attacker to perform a Man-in-the-Middle attack using a specially crafted key to read data past the end of the buffer used to hold it. Mitigation: Update to Google Earth Pro 7.3.3.
- Record
CVE-2020-8896- CVSS 3.1
- 4.2 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L - CVSS 3.1
- 5.9 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-119, CWE-120
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2020-8896 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.2) in Google Earth, published May 4, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.40%, the 34th percentile. No source names a fixed version.