Out-of-bounds Read in Altran Picotcp
CVE-2020-24341
An issue was discovered in picoTCP and picoTCP-NG through 1.7.0. The TCP input data processing function in pico_tcp.c does not validate the length of incoming TCP packets, which leads to an out-of-bounds read when assembling received packets into a data segment, eventually causing Denial-of-Service or an information leak.
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: 0.050 (91.9th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 92nd percentile — 91.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.049 · newest: 0.050 · 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-2020-24341?
- CVE-2020-24341 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-2020-24341?
- Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.1 out of 10.