What is CVE-2020-23273?

CVE-2020-23273 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Broadcom Tcpreplay, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2021-09-22.

How severe is CVE-2020-23273?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Broadcom Tcpreplay

CVE-2020-23273

Heap-buffer overflow in the randomize_iparp function in edit_packet.c. of Tcpreplay v4.3.2 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (DOS) via a crafted pcap.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.007 (47.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Broadcom Tcpreplay — versions 4.3.2
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-23273?: CVE-2020-23273 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Broadcom Tcpreplay, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2021-09-22.
How severe is CVE-2020-23273?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.