CVE-2020-6078
An exploitable denial-of-service vulnerability exists in the message-parsing functionality of Videolabs libmicrodns 0.1.0.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (3.09%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
An exploitable denial-of-service vulnerability exists in the message-parsing functionality of Videolabs libmicrodns 0.1.0. When parsing mDNS messages in mdns_recv, the return value of the mdns_read_header function is not checked, leading to an uninitialized variable usage that eventually results in a null pointer dereference, leading to service crash. An attacker can send a series of mDNS messages to trigger this vulnerability.
- 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
- 3.09% probability · 87th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-252
- Affected
- videolabs/libmicrodns · debian/debian linux
- Source
- talos-cna@cisco.com
References
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202005-10Third Party Advisory
- https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2020-1001Exploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4671Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202005-10Third Party Advisory
- https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2020-1001Exploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4671Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.