CVE-2020-6072
9.8
CRITICAL
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 1.1%
Description
An exploitable code execution vulnerability exists in the label-parsing functionality of Videolabs libmicrodns 0.1.0. When parsing compressed labels in mDNS messages, the rr_decode function's return value is not checked, leading to a double free that could be exploited to execute arbitrary code. An attacker can send an mDNS message to trigger this vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2020-6072
To remediate CVE-2020-6072, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 0.2.0-1 or later
- —upgrade to 3.0.8-4 or later
Is CVE-2020-6072 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 1.1%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 0.2.0-1
- from 0, < 3.0.8-4
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | CRITICAL9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |