CVE-2020-6072 — Vulnetix

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CVE-2020-6072 PUBLISHED

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 0.83% · 74.4th percentile

Risk Scores

EPSS Score

0.83%

74.4th percentile

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS	libmicrodns	0, 0.0.7-2, 0.0.8-1
Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS	vlc	0, 2.2.6-6, 2.2.6-6build1

Timeline

Mar 24, 2020 CVE Published
Apr 14, 2021 EPSS Score
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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

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