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.
- Published
- May 4, 2020
- Updated
- Jun 16, 2026
- EPSS
- 0.4% · 32th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-119
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Report tools
Action score
23
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 23 / 40 · 5.9 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 0.4%
CNA vs NVD score
- NVD
- 5.9
- CNA · Google
- 4.2
- 1.7 point gap
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L
The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.
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We use this product, ask for helpAffected systems
| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| earth | cpe:2.3:a:google:earth |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- google earthbefore 7.3.3
Versions reported by the vendor
Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (Google). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.
Google LLC Google Earth Pro
- stable and later · up to and including 7.3.2affected
Same product
google: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
- CVE-2010-3134Untrusted search path vulnerability in Google Earth 5.1.3535.3218 allows local users, and possibly remote attackers, to execute arbitrary co38Monitor
- CVE-2020-8895DLL Hijacking in Google Earth Pro Windows installer31Monitor
- CVE-2006-7157Buffer overflow in Google Earth v4.0.2091 (beta) allows remote user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a KML or KMZ30Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
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Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
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No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
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No credits in the CNA record.
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
- No account or password is required.
- No user action is required.
- Special conditions such as timing or configuration are required.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- high · data can be read
- Integrity
- none
- Availability
- none
- Attack vector
- Network
- Attack complexity
- High
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality impact
- High
- Integrity impact
- None
- Availability impact
- None
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-119 · Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferCVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
nvd-primary
Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
Attack patterns (CAPEC)
- Buffer Overflow via Environment VariablesCAPEC-10likelihood: High · High
- Overflow BuffersCAPEC-100likelihood: High · Very High
- Buffer ManipulationCAPEC-123likelihood: High · Very High
- Client-side Injection-induced Buffer OverflowCAPEC-14likelihood: Medium · High
- Filter Failure through Buffer OverflowCAPEC-24likelihood: High · High
- MIME ConversionCAPEC-42likelihood: High · High
- Overflow Binary Resource FileCAPEC-44likelihood: High · Very High
- Buffer Overflow via Symbolic LinksCAPEC-45likelihood: High · High
ATT&CK techniques
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Change log
No changes recorded on tracked fields yet. Score, KEV, exploit maturity and fix status changes appear here.
References
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.