VDB
CVE-2020-6072
CVE-2020-6072
PUBLISHED
CVSS 9.800000190734863 CRITICAL
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.
EPSS 3.73% · 89.4th percentile
Risk Scores
CVSS 3.1
9.800000190734863
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score
3.73%
89.4th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS | libmicrodns | 0, 0.0.8-1, 0.0.7-2 |
| Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS | vlc | 2.2.8-2, 3.0.0~rc1-1ubuntu1, 3.0.0~rc1-1ubuntu3 |
Timeline
- Mar 24, 2020 CVE Published
- Apr 14, 2021 EPSS Score
- Aug 25, 2021 EPSS Score
- Oct 26, 2021 EPSS Score
- Jan 6, 2022 EPSS Score
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Apr 1, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 3, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 6, 2022 EPSS Score
- Nov 8, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 7, 2023 EPSS Score
- Mar 13, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-6072 third-party-advisory
- https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2020-0995 third-party-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-6072 third-party-advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7239-1 vendor-advisory