Vulnerability Report

CVE-2020-22217

Title: C-Ares Memory Corruption

Memory Corruption

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2020-22217.

CWE Category CWE-125

Published Date Aug 22, 2023

Modified Date Nov 21, 2024

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 5.9 CVSS v3.1

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

0.12%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2020-22217: Buffer overflow vulnerability in c-ares before 1_16_1 thru 1_17_0 via function ares_parse_soa_reply in ares_parse_soa_reply.c.

Impacted Vendors

c-ares 1

daniel_stenberg 1

Reference Links

https://github.com/c-ares/c-ares/issues/333 https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/09/msg00014.html https://github.com/c-ares/c-ares/issues/333 https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/09/msg00014.html

CVSS v3.1

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

5.9

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Complexity

HIGH

Privileges

N/A

Interaction

NONE

Confidentiality

N/A

Integrity

N/A

Availability

N/A

Scope

UNCHANGED

RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2020-22217 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

November 21, 2024 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

August 22, 2023 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector NETWORK

Complexity HIGH

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


                                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.