What is CVE-2020-14931?

CVE-2020-14931 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Dmitry Project, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2020-06-19.

How severe is CVE-2020-14931?

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

Is CVE-2020-14931 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Buffer overflow in Dmitry Project

CVE-2020-14931

A stack-based buffer overflow in DMitry (Deepmagic Information Gathering Tool) 1.3a might allow remote WHOIS servers to execute arbitrary code via a long line in a response that is mishandled by nic_format_buff.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.026 (83.6th 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

Dmitry_project Dmitry — versions 1.3a
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write

Public proof-of-concept exploits

carter-yagemann/ARCUS

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
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Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-14931?: CVE-2020-14931 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Dmitry Project, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2020-06-19.
How severe is CVE-2020-14931?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2020-14931 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.