Detections
Analytics

CVE-2020-36420

high

Description

Polipo through 1.1.1, when NDEBUG is omitted, allows denial of service via a reachable assertion during parsing of a malformed Range header. NOTE: This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer

References

https://github.com/jech/polipo/commit/4d42ca1b5849518762d110f34b6ce2e03d6df9ec

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/07/18/1

https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/11/18/1

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2020-23948

https://bugs.gentoo.org/755896

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2021-07-15

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.3

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

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

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

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00711