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CVE-2020-6072

CRITICAL

9.8

Description

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.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score9.8

SeverityCRITICAL

CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack VectorNETWORK

ComplexityLOW

Privileges RequiredNONE

User InteractionNONE

Published3/24/2020

Last Modified11/21/2024

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

debian:debian_linuxvideolabs:libmicrodns

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-415

References

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202005-10(talos-cna@cisco.com)

https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2020-0995(talos-cna@cisco.com)

https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4671(talos-cna@cisco.com)

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202005-10(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2020-0995(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4671(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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