CVE-2020-6072
9.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
An exploitable code execution vulnerability exists in the label-parsing functionality of Videolabs libmicrodns 0.1.0. When parsing compressed labels in mDNS messages, the rr_decode function's return value is not checked, leading to a double free that could be exploited to execute arbitrary code. An attacker can send an mDNS message to trigger this vulnerability.
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Version Range | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| n/a | Videolabs | Videolabs libmircodns 0.1.0 | affected |
Weaknesses
- code execution
ADP Enrichment
CVE Program Container
Additional References
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4671
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202005-10
- https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2020-0995
References
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4671
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202005-10
- https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2020-0995
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