CVE-2020-24659

gnutls: Heap buffer overflow in handshake with no_renegotiation alert sent

Published Sep 4, 2020 CVSS 3.1 · 7.5 High EPSS 3.8% KEV · Not listed
Description
An issue was discovered in GnuTLS before 3.6.15. A server can trigger a NULL pointer dereference in a TLS 1.3 client if a no_renegotiation alert is sent with unexpected timing, and then an invalid second handshake occurs. The crash happens in the application's error handling path, where the gnutls_deinit function is called after detecting a handshake failure.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2020-17374 An issue was discovered in GnuTLS before 3.6.15. A server can trigger a NULL pointer dereference in a TLS 1.3 client if a no_renegotiation alert is sent with unexpected timing, and then an invalid second handshake occurs. The crash happens in the application's error handling path, where the gnutls_deinit function is called after detecting a handshake failure.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4491-1 GnuTLS vulnerability
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00949}

epss

{'score': 0.00946}

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Oct 14, 2026, 9:35 AM
Reserved
Aug 26, 2020, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Sep 4, 2020, 3:15 PM
Modified
Oct 14, 2026, 10:17 AM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Sep 4, 2020, 12:00 AM