CVE-2020-17528

critical

Description

Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability in TCP stack of Apache NuttX (incubating) versions up to and including 9.1.0 and 10.0.0 allows attacker to corrupt memory by supplying arbitrary urgent data pointer offsets within TCP packets including beyond the length of the packet.

References

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r7f4215aba288660b41b7e731b6262c8275fa476e91e527a74d2888ea%40%3Cdev.nuttx.apache.org%3E

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/12/09/4

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2020-12-09

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.4

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

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.1

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

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.02319