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FKIE_CVE-2020-24338

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2020-12-11 23:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 03:05
Summary
An issue was discovered in picoTCP through 1.7.0. The DNS domain name record decompression functionality in pico_dns_decompress_name() in pico_dns_common.c does not validate the compression pointer offset values with respect to the actual data present in a DNS response packet, causing out-of-bounds writes that lead to Denial-of-Service and Remote Code Execution.
References
cve@mitre.orghttps://us-cert.cisa.gov/ics/advisories/icsa-20-343-01Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/815128Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ics/advisories/icsa-20-343-01Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/815128Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
altran picotcp *

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          "vendor": "n/a",
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  "configurations": [
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      "nodes": [
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          "cpeMatch": [
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              "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:altran:picotcp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
              "matchCriteriaId": "BEB4123E-EE54-4991-9011-42FD1FC83662",
              "versionEndIncluding": "1.7.0",
              "vulnerable": true
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      "value": "An issue was discovered in picoTCP through 1.7.0. The DNS domain name record decompression functionality in pico_dns_decompress_name() in pico_dns_common.c does not validate the compression pointer offset values with respect to the actual data present in a DNS response packet, causing out-of-bounds writes that lead to Denial-of-Service and Remote Code Execution."
    },
    {
      "lang": "es",
      "value": "Se detect\u00f3 un problema en picoTCP versiones hasta 1.7.0.\u0026#xa0;La funcionalidad de descompresi\u00f3n de registros de nombres de dominio DNS en la funci\u00f3n pico_dns_decompress_name() en el archivo pico_dns_common.c no comprueba los valores de desplazamiento del puntero de compresi\u00f3n con respecto a los datos reales presentes en un paquete de respuesta DNS, causando escrituras fuera de l\u00edmites que conducen a una Denegaci\u00f3n de Servicio y una ejecuci\u00f3n de c\u00f3digo remota"
    }
  ],
  "id": "CVE-2020-24338",
  "lastModified": "2026-06-17T03:05:23.727",
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          "baseScore": 7.5,
          "confidentialityImpact": "PARTIAL",
          "integrityImpact": "PARTIAL",
          "vectorString": "AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P",
          "version": "2.0"
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        "obtainAllPrivilege": false,
        "obtainOtherPrivilege": false,
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          "scope": "UNCHANGED",
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          "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
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  "vulnStatus": "Modified",
  "weaknesses": [
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          "lang": "en",
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}



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