Description
An issue was discovered in picoTCP and picoTCP-NG through 1.7.0. The code that processes DNS responses in pico_mdns_handle_data_as_answers_generic() in pico_mdns.c does not check whether the number of answers/responses specified in a DNS packet header corresponds to the response data available in the packet, leading to an out-of-bounds read, invalid pointer dereference, and Denial-of-Service.
References (2)
Core 2
Core References
Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource x_refsource_misc
https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/815128
Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource x_refsource_misc
https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ics/advisories/icsa-20-343-01
Scores
CVSS v3
7.5
EPSS
0.0050
EPSS Percentile
65.9%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-125
Status
published
Products (2)
altran/picotcp
< 1.7.0
altran/picotcp-ng
< 1.7.0
Published
Dec 11, 2020
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026