CVE-2020-17468

Published Dec 11, 2020 CVSS 3.1 · 7.5 High EPSS 3.0% KEV · Not listed
Description
An issue was discovered in FNET through 4.6.4. The code for processing the hop-by-hop header (in the IPv6 extension headers) doesn't check for a valid length of an extension header, and therefore an out-of-bounds read can occur in _fnet_ip6_ext_header_handler_options in fnet_ip6.c, leading to Denial-of-Service.

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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2020-9420 An issue was discovered in FNET through 4.6.4. The code for processing the hop-by-hop header (in the IPv6 extension headers) doesn't check for a valid length of an extension header, and therefore an out-of-bounds read can occur in _fnet_ip6_ext_header_handler_options in fnet_ip6.c, leading to Denial-of-Service.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 4, 2024, 1:53 PM
Reserved
Aug 10, 2020, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Dec 11, 2020, 11:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 2:58 AM