CVE-2020-25928

Published Aug 18, 2021 CVSS 3.1 · 9.8 Critical EPSS 3.6% KEV · Not listed
Description
The DNS feature in InterNiche NicheStack TCP/IP 4.0.1 is affected by: Buffer Overflow. The impact is: execute arbitrary code (remote). The component is: DNS response processing functions: dns_upcall(), getoffset(), dnc_set_answer(). The attack vector is: a specific DNS response packet. The code does not check the "response data length" field of individual DNS answers, which may cause out-of-bounds read/write operations, leading to Information leak, Denial-or-Service, or Remote Code Execution, depending on the context.

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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2020-18558 The DNS feature in InterNiche NicheStack TCP/IP 4.0.1 is affected by: Buffer Overflow. The impact is: execute arbitrary code (remote). The component is: DNS response processing functions: dns_upcall(), getoffset(), dnc_set_answer(). The attack vector is: a specific DNS response packet. The code does not check the "response data length" field of individual DNS answers, which may cause out-of-bounds read/write operations, leading to Information leak, Denial-or-Service, or Remote Code Execution, depending on the context.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 4, 2024, 3:49 PM
Reserved
Sep 24, 2020, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Aug 18, 2021, 7:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 3:07 AM