Vulnerability in Polipo Project
CVE-2020-36420
Polipo through 1.1.1, when NDEBUG is omitted, allows denial of service via a reachable assertion during parsing of a malformed Range header. NOTE: This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer
Published · last modified .
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.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.019 (78.9th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 79th percentile — 78.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.019 · newest: 0.019 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/11/18/1 (Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- bugs.gentoo.org/755896 (Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
- github.com/jech/polipo/commit/4d42ca1b5849518762d110f34b6ce2e03d6df9ec (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/07/18/1 (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2020-36420?
- CVE-2020-36420 is a high-severity vulnerability in Polipo Project, classified under Reachable Assertion. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2021-07-15.
- How severe is CVE-2020-36420?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.