VDB
CVE-2020-6071
CVE-2020-6071
PUBLISHED
An exploitable denial-of-service vulnerability exists in the resource record-parsing functionality of Videolabs libmicrodns 0.1.0. When parsing compressed labels in mDNS messages, the compression pointer is followed without checking for recursion, leading to a denial of service. An attacker can send an mDNS message to trigger this vulnerability.
EPSS 0.47% · 64.8th percentile
Risk Scores
EPSS Score
0.47%
64.8th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS | vlc | 2.2.6-6, 2.2.6-6build1, 2.2.7-1 |
| Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS | libmicrodns | 0, 0.0.7-2, 0.0.8-1 |
Exploit Intelligence
- https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2020-0994 (nist-nvd)
- DSA-4671 (circl)
- GLSA-202005-10 (circl)
Timeline
- Mar 24, 2020 CVE Published
- Apr 14, 2021 EPSS Score
- Jun 23, 2021 EPSS Score
- Aug 24, 2021 EPSS Score
- Dec 27, 2021 EPSS Score
- Jan 6, 2022 EPSS Score
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Feb 28, 2022 EPSS Score
- Apr 1, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 3, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Nov 6, 2022 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-6071 third-party-advisory
- https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2020-0994 third-party-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-6071 third-party-advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7239-1 vendor-advisory