CVE-2020-17444

Published Dec 11, 2020 CVSS 3.1 · 7.5 High EPSS 2.8% KEV · Not listed
Description
An issue was discovered in picoTCP 1.7.0. The routine for processing the next header field (and deducing whether the IPv6 extension headers are valid) doesn't check whether the header extension length field would overflow. Therefore, if it wraps around to zero, iterating through the extension headers will not increment the current data pointer. This leads to an infinite loop and Denial-of-Service in pico_ipv6_check_headers_sequence() in pico_ipv6.c.

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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2020-9397 An issue was discovered in picoTCP 1.7.0. The routine for processing the next header field (and deducing whether the IPv6 extension headers are valid) doesn't check whether the header extension length field would overflow. Therefore, if it wraps around to zero, iterating through the extension headers will not increment the current data pointer. This leads to an infinite loop and Denial-of-Service in pico_ipv6_check_headers_sequence() in pico_ipv6.c.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 4, 2024, 1:53 PM
Reserved
Aug 7, 2020, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Dec 11, 2020, 11:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 2:58 AM