Out-of-bounds Read in Butok Fnet

CVE-2020-24383

An issue was discovered in FNET through 4.6.4. The code for processing resource records in mDNS queries doesn't check for proper '\0' termination of the resource record name string, leading to an out-of-bounds read, and potentially causing information leak or Denial-or-Service.

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: 0.049 (91.7th percentile), scored .

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 92nd percentile — 91.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2020-24383: held from 0.048 to 0.049.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.048 · newest: 0.049 · change: +0.001

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-24383?
CVE-2020-24383 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Butok Fnet, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 9.1/10. Published 2020-12-11.
How severe is CVE-2020-24383?
Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.1 out of 10.