VDB
DEBIAN-CVE-2020-6071
DEBIAN-CVE-2020-6071
PUBLISHED
CVSS 7.5 HIGH
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.
Risk Scores
CVSS 3.1
7.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Debian:13 | vlc | 0, 0, 0 |
| Debian:13 | libmicrodns | 0, 0, 0 |
| Debian:12 | vlc | 0, 0, 0 |
| Debian:11 | vlc | 0, 0, 0 |
| Debian:14 | vlc | 0, 0, 0 |
| Debian:14 | libmicrodns | 0, 0, 0 |
Timeline
- Mar 24, 2020 CVE Published
- Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated