What is CVE-2016-20009?

CVE-2016-20009 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Siemens Sgt-100, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2021-03-11.

How severe is CVE-2016-20009?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Siemens Sgt-100

CVE-2016-20009

A DNS client stack-based buffer overflow in ipdnsc_decode_name() affects Wind River VxWorks 6.5 through 7. NOTE: This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.019 (77.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Siemens Sgt-100
Siemens Sgt-100_firmware
Siemens Sgt-200
Siemens Sgt-200_firmware
Siemens Sgt-300
Siemens Sgt-300_firmware
Siemens Sgt-400
Siemens Sgt-400_firmware
Siemens Sgt-a20
Siemens Sgt-a20_firmware

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-20009?: CVE-2016-20009 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Siemens Sgt-100, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2021-03-11.
How severe is CVE-2016-20009?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.