Out-of-bounds Read in Arm Mbed TLS
CVE-2020-36426
An issue was discovered in Arm Mbed TLS before 2.24.0. mbedtls_x509_crl_parse_der has a buffer over-read (of one byte).
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
EPSS: 0.017 (74.7th 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
- Arm Mbed_tls
- Debian Debian_linux — versions 10.0
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, Release Notes)
- cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, Release Notes)
- cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, Release Notes)
- cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
- cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2020-36426?
- CVE-2020-36426 is a high-severity vulnerability in Arm Mbed TLS, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2021-07-19.
- How severe is CVE-2020-36426?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2020-36426 known to be exploited?
- 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.