critical9.8
CVE-2020-6072
An exploitable code execution vulnerability exists in the label-parsing functionality of Videolabs libmicrodns 0.1.0.
Impact
An exploitable code execution vulnerability exists in the label-parsing functionality of Videolabs libmicrodns 0.1.0. When parsing compressed labels in mDNS messages, the rr_decode function's return value is not checked, leading to a double free that could be exploited to execute arbitrary code. An attacker can send an mDNS message to trigger this vulnerability.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Videolabs | Libmicrodns | Version 0.1.0 |
| Debian | Debian Linux | Version 9.0 |