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CVE-2020-12460 json

OpenDMARC through 1.3.2 and 1.4.x through 1.4.0-Beta1 has improper null termination in the function opendmarc_xml_parse that can result in…

published 6y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2020-4769

cvss
9.8
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
3.7%
EPSS 3.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 89%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

OpenDMARC through 1.3.2 and 1.4.x through 1.4.0-Beta1 has improper null termination in the function opendmarc_xml_parse that can result in a one-byte heap overflow in opendmarc_xml when parsing a specially crafted DMARC aggregate report. This can cause remote memory corruption when a '\0' byte overwrites the heap metadata of the next chunk and its PREV_INUSE flag.

Patch / fix

  • opendmarc Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.4.0~beta1+dfsg-3

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2020-12460

  • opendmarc Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 1.3.2-3ubuntu0.2
  • opendmarc Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 1.3.2-7ubuntu0.1
  • opendmarc Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS 1.3.1+dfsg-3ubuntu0.1~esm1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2020-12460

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • opendmarc Arch Linux 1.3.3-1

arch linux advisories AVG-1208

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Vendor advisories

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red hat product security vex CVE-2020-12460 updated cvss 7.3

OpenDMARC: improper null termination in function opendmarc_xml_parse leads to heap-buffer overflow

  • Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

3.68% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 89% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • github.com https://github.com/trusteddomainproject/OpenDMARC/issues/64 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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