Vulnerability in Contiki-os Contiki
CVE-2020-17440
An issue was discovered in uIP 1.0, as used in Contiki 3.0 and other products. The code that parses incoming DNS packets does not validate that domain names present in the DNS responses have '\0' termination. This results in errors when ca…
EPSS: 0.028 (84.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
Affected products
- Contiki-os Contiki — versions 3.0
- Uip_project Uip — versions 1.0
- N/a — versions n/a
References
- cve@mitre.org (US Government Resource, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
- cve@mitre.org (US Government Resource, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2020-17440?
- CVE-2020-17440 is a high-severity vulnerability in Contiki-os Contiki. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2020-12-11.
- How severe is CVE-2020-17440?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.