CVE-2020-36420

HIGH

polipo < 1.1.1 - Denial of Service via Malformed Range Header

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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 (4)

Core 4
Core References
Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/11/18/1
Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://bugs.gentoo.org/755896
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/07/18/1

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0190
EPSS Percentile 76.9%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-617
Status published
Products (1)
polipo_project/polipo < 1.1.1
Published Jul 15, 2021
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026