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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2020-27338

Improper Input Validation in the DHCPv6 client component allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to cause an Out of Bounds Read, and possibly a Denial of Service via adjacent network access.

HIGH 7.1EPSS 0.80%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.80%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

An issue was discovered in Treck IPv6 before 6.0.1.68. Improper Input Validation in the DHCPv6 client component allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to cause an Out of Bounds Read, and possibly a Denial of Service via adjacent network access.

CVSS 3.1
7.1 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H
EPSS
0.80% probability · 55th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-20, CWE-125
Affected
treck/ipv6
Source
cve@mitre.org

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.