What is CVE-2020-24337?

CVE-2020-24337 is a high-severity vulnerability in Altran Picotcp, classified under Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition (Infinite Loop). CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2020-12-11.

How severe is CVE-2020-24337?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2020-24337 known to be exploited?

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

Vulnerability in Altran Picotcp

CVE-2020-24337

An issue was discovered in picoTCP and picoTCP-NG through 1.7.0. When an unsupported TCP option with zero length is provided in an incoming TCP packet, it is possible to cause a Denial-of-Service by achieving an infinite loop in the code t…

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

Altran Picotcp
Altran Picotcp-ng
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-835 — Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition (Infinite Loop)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

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-2020-24337?: CVE-2020-24337 is a high-severity vulnerability in Altran Picotcp, classified under Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition (Infinite Loop). CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2020-12-11.
How severe is CVE-2020-24337?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2020-24337 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.