Is CVE-2020-6072 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2020-6072 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2020-6072?

CVE-2020-6072 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8 (CRITICAL).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2020-6072?

CVE-2020-6072 has an EPSS score of 3.64% (88th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2020-6072?

Upgrade libmicrodns on debian 13 to 0.2.0-1 or later. Fixes are available for 3 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2020-6072

CRITICALEPSS 88th pctl

9.8

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

An exploitable code execution vulnerability exists in the label-parsing functionality of Videolabs libmicrodns 0.1.0. When parsing compressed labels in mDNS messages, the rr_decode function's return value is not checked, leading to a double free that could be exploited to execute arbitrary code. An attacker can send an mDNS message to trigger this vulnerability.

CWE-415

How to fix

Remediation Available

libmicrodnsDebian

Fixed in:0.2.0-1CVE-2020-6072

libmicrodnsUbuntu

Fixed in:0.0.8-1ubuntu0.1~esm1USN-7239-1

libmicrodns0Ubuntu

Fixed in:0.0.8-1ubuntu0.1~esm1USN-7239-1

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

3.64%probability of exploitation in 30 days

88thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 88% of all known CVEs.

References

Exploit1

talosintelligence.com

Third-Party Advisory2

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.