VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2020-36420
Polipo through 1.1.1, when NDEBUG is omitted, allows denial of service via a reachable assertion during parsing of a malformed Range header.
HIGH 7.5EPSS 1.90%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.90%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Polipo through 1.1.1, when NDEBUG is omitted, allows denial of service via a reachable assertion during parsing of a malformed Range header. NOTE: This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.90% probability · 79th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-617
- Affected
- polipo project/polipo
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/07/18/1Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/755896Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/jech/polipo/commit/4d42ca1b5849518762d110f34b6ce2e03d6df9ecPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/11/18/1Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/07/18/1Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/755896Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/jech/polipo/commit/4d42ca1b5849518762d110f34b6ce2e03d6df9ecPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/11/18/1Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.