CVE-2020-14931

critical

Description

A stack-based buffer overflow in DMitry (Deepmagic Information Gathering Tool) 1.3a might allow remote WHOIS servers to execute arbitrary code via a long line in a response that is mishandled by nic_format_buff.

References

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/10/msg00024.html

https://github.com/jaygreig86/dmitry/issues/4

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2020-06-19

Updated: 2025-11-03

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

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

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.011

Detections

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