CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2020-6073

HIGHEPSS 82th pctl
7.5
CVSS v3
NVD

Description

An exploitable denial-of-service vulnerability exists in the TXT record-parsing functionality of Videolabs libmicrodns 0.1.0. When parsing the RDATA section in a TXT record in mDNS messages, multiple integer overflows can be triggered, leading to a denial of service. An attacker can send an mDNS message to trigger this vulnerability.

How to fix

Remediation Available
libmicrodnsDebian
Fixed in:0.2.0-1CVE-2020-6073
Fixed in:0.2.0-1CVE-2020-6073
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

ConfidentialityNone
IntegrityNone
AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

2.40%probability of exploitation in 30 days
82ndpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 82% of all known CVEs.

References

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-190 (Integer Overflow) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVESeverityCVSSEPSSExploitedFix
CVE-2020-16040Medium6.5100%-Fix
CVE-2019-11477High7.599%-Fix
CVE-2023-44443High7.894%-Fix
CVE-2014-0569High9.390%--
CVE-2017-3599High7.590%-Fix
CVE-2023-21716Critical9.882%-Fix
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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.