CVE-2020-28951
libuci in OpenWrt before 18.06.9 and 19.x before 19.07.5 may encounter a use after free when using malicious package names.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.78%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
libuci in OpenWrt before 18.06.9 and 19.x before 19.07.5 may encounter a use after free when using malicious package names. This is related to uci_parse_package in file.c and uci_strdup in util.c.
- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.78% probability · 78th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-416
- Affected
- openwrt/openwrt
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 1.8% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://git.openwrt.org/?p=openwrt/openwrt.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=5625f5bc36954d644cb80adf8de47854c65d91c3
- https://git.openwrt.org/?p=openwrt/openwrt.git%3Ba=log%3Bh=refs/tags/v18.06.9
- https://git.openwrt.org/?p=project/uci.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=a3e650911f5e6f67dcff09974df3775dfd615da6
- https://git.openwrt.org/?p=openwrt/openwrt.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=5625f5bc36954d644cb80adf8de47854c65d91c3
- https://git.openwrt.org/?p=openwrt/openwrt.git%3Ba=log%3Bh=refs/tags/v18.06.9
- https://git.openwrt.org/?p=project/uci.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=a3e650911f5e6f67dcff09974df3775dfd615da6
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.