Medium severity · published Nov 26, 2020
CVE-2020-29129
ncsi.c in libslirp through 4.3.1 has a buffer over-read because it tries to read a certain amount of header data even if that exceeds the total packet length
4.3
CVSS
1.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
ncsi.c in libslirp through 4.3.1 has a buffer over-read because it tries to read a certain amount of header data even if that exceeds the total packet length.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.5% · higher than 73% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
10.0 · source: NVD
FE
Fedora · Fedoraproject
32; 33 · source: NVD
LI
Libslirp · Libslirp Project
through 4.3.1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-29129
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-29129
Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/11/27/1
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/09/msg00008.html
lists.fedoraproject.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/45S5IHSWYITJKMRT23HCHJQDI674AMTQ/
lists.fedoraproject.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/OPCOHDEONMHH6QPJZKRLLCNRGRYODG7X/
Mailing List
https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/slirp/2020-November/000115.html
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