CVE-2020-24336

Published Dec 11, 2020 CVSS 3.1 · 9.8 Critical EPSS 59.1% KEV · Not listed
Description
An issue was discovered in Contiki through 3.0 and Contiki-NG through 4.5. The code for parsing Type A domain name answers in ip64-dns64.c doesn't verify whether the address in the answer's length is sane. Therefore, when copying an address of an arbitrary length, a buffer overflow can occur. This bug can be exploited whenever NAT64 is enabled.

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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2020-17070 An issue was discovered in Contiki through 3.0 and Contiki-NG through 4.5. The code for parsing Type A domain name answers in ip64-dns64.c doesn't verify whether the address in the answer's length is sane. Therefore, when copying an address of an arbitrary length, a buffer overflow can occur. This bug can be exploited whenever NAT64 is enabled.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 4, 2024, 3:12 PM
Reserved
Aug 13, 2020, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Dec 11, 2020, 11:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 3:05 AM