Out-of-bounds Read in Altran Picotcp
CVE-2020-17441
An issue was discovered in picoTCP 1.7.0. The code for processing the IPv6 headers does not validate whether the IPv6 payload length field is equal to the actual size of the payload, which leads to an Out-of-Bounds read during the ICMPv6 checksum calculation, resulting in either Denial-of-Service or Information Disclosure. This affects pico_ipv6_extension_headers and pico_checksum_adder (in pico_ipv6.c and pico_frame.c).
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 9.1 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.070 (94.0th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 94th percentile — 94.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.069 · newest: 0.070 · change: +0.001
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/815128 (US Government Resource, Third Party Advisory)
- us-cert.cisa.gov/ics/advisories/icsa-20-343-01 (US Government Resource, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2020-17441?
- CVE-2020-17441 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Altran Picotcp, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 9.1/10. Published 2020-12-11.
- How severe is CVE-2020-17441?
- Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.1 out of 10.