Out-of-bounds Read in Hcc-Embedded Nichestack

CVE-2020-35683

An issue was discovered in HCC Nichestack 3.0. The code that parses ICMP packets relies on an unchecked value of the IP payload size (extracted from the IP header) to compute the ICMP checksum. When the IP payload size is set to be smaller than the size of the IP header, the ICMP checksum computation function may read out of bounds, causing a Denial-of-Service.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.023 (81.4th 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

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

  • cve@mitre.org (Product, x_refsource_MISC)
  • cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Third Party Advisory, Mitigation)
  • cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, Mitigation)
  • cve@mitre.org (US Government Resource, x_refsource_CERT-VN, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-35683?
CVE-2020-35683 is a high-severity vulnerability in Hcc-Embedded Nichestack, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2021-08-19.
How severe is CVE-2020-35683?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.