CVE-2016-20009 — Out-of-bounds Write in Vxworks

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write3 documents3 sources
Severity
9.8CRITICALNVD
EPSS
0.4%
top 38.24%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
Windriver Vxworks
Timeline
PublishedMar 11
Latest updateMay 24

Description

A DNS client stack-based buffer overflow in ipdnsc_decode_name() affects Wind River VxWorks 6.5 through 7. NOTE: This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages1 packages

▶NVDwindriver/vxworks6.5 — 7.0

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-347g-p4qh-9qw2: ** UNSUPPORTED WHEN ASSIGNED ** A DNS client stack-based buffer overflow in ipdnsc_decode_name() affects Wind River VxWorks 6↗2022-05-24
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CVEList
CVE-2016-20009: A DNS client stack-based buffer overflow in ipdnsc_decode_name() affects Wind River VxWorks 6↗2021-03-11
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