{"id":"CVE-2020-17528","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2020-17528","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T23:42:50.127Z","title":"Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability in TCP stack of Apache NuttX (incubating) versions up to and including 9.1.0 and 10.0.0 allows attacker to corrupt memory by supplying arbitrary urgent data pointer offsets within TCP packets including beyond the length…","description":"Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability in TCP stack of Apache NuttX (incubating) versions up to and including 9.1.0 and 10.0.0 allows attacker to corrupt memory by supplying arbitrary urgent data pointer offsets within TCP packets including beyond the length of the packet.","published":"2020-12-09T17:15:30.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T02:59:05.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"security@apache.org","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":9.1,"severity":"CRITICAL","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-787"],"affected":["apache/nuttx"],"epss":{"score":0.03172,"percentile":0.87949,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (3.17%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/12/09/4","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"security@apache.org"},{"url":"https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r7f4215aba288660b41b7e731b6262c8275fa476e91e527a74d2888ea%40%3Cdev.nuttx.apache.org%3E","tags":["Mailing List","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"security@apache.org"},{"url":"https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r7f4215aba288660b41b7e731b6262c8275fa476e91e527a74d2888ea%40%3Cdev.nuttx.apache.org%3E","tags":["Mailing List","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"security@apache.org"},{"url":"https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r7f4215aba288660b41b7e731b6262c8275fa476e91e527a74d2888ea%40%3Cdev.nuttx.apache.org%3E","tags":["Mailing List","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"security@apache.org"},{"url":"https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r7f4215aba288660b41b7e731b6262c8275fa476e91e527a74d2888ea%40%3Cdev.nuttx.apache.org%3E","tags":["Mailing List","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"security@apache.org"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/12/09/4","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r7f4215aba288660b41b7e731b6262c8275fa476e91e527a74d2888ea%40%3Cdev.nuttx.apache.org%3E","tags":["Mailing List","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r7f4215aba288660b41b7e731b6262c8275fa476e91e527a74d2888ea%40%3Cdev.nuttx.apache.org%3E","tags":["Mailing List","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r7f4215aba288660b41b7e731b6262c8275fa476e91e527a74d2888ea%40%3Cdev.nuttx.apache.org%3E","tags":["Mailing List","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r7f4215aba288660b41b7e731b6262c8275fa476e91e527a74d2888ea%40%3Cdev.nuttx.apache.org%3E","tags":["Mailing List","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-17528","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}