CVE-2016-20009

CRITICAL

Wind River VxWorks <7 - Buffer Overflow

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

A DNS client stack-based buffer overflow in ipdnsc_decode_name() affects Wind River VxWorks 6.5 through 7. NOTE: This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Exploit, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://blog.exodusintel.com/2016/08/09/vxworks-execute-my-packets/
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-553445.pdf

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8
EPSS 0.0042
EPSS Percentile 61.9%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-787
Status published
Products (8)
siemens/sgt-100_firmware
siemens/sgt-200_firmware
siemens/sgt-300_firmware
siemens/sgt-400_firmware
siemens/sgt-a20_firmware
siemens/sgt-a35_firmware
siemens/sgt-a65_firmware
windriver/vxworks 6.5 - 7.0
Published Mar 11, 2021
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026