Buffer overflow in Altran Picotcp
CVE-2020-24338
An issue was discovered in picoTCP through 1.7.0. The DNS domain name record decompression functionality in pico_dns_decompress_name() in pico_dns_common.c does not validate the compression pointer offset values with respect to the actual data present in a DNS response packet, causing out-of-bounds writes that lead to Denial-of-Service and Remote Code Execution.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
Published · last modified .
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.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.372 (98.5th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 98th percentile — 98.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.359 · newest: 0.372 · change: +0.013
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-2020-24338?
- CVE-2020-24338 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Altran Picotcp, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2020-12-11.
- How severe is CVE-2020-24338?
- Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.