Integer overflow in ROS communications library

published 2020-10-13 6y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2020-8090

cvss: 7.3; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.9%; EPSS 0.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 60%
public exploits: 0; none known

Integer Overflow or Wraparound vulnerability in the XML RPC library of OpenRobotics ros_comm communications packages allows unauthenticated network traffic to cause unexpected behavior. This issue affects: OpenRobotics ros_comm communications packages Noetic and prior versions. Fixed in https://github.com/ros/ros_comm/pull/2065.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1 distros 1 links 1

ros ros-comm 1.15.9

ros-ros-comm Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.15.8+ds1-2

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2020-16124

github.com/ros/ros_comm#2065 pull request

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Exploit prediction

0.91% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 60% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	7.3	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
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

Affected products

openrobotics ros_comm ROS communications packages

Classification

Weakness

CWE-190 Integer Overflow or Wraparound

References

github.com /ros/ros_comm/pull/2065
patch, third-party-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2020-16124
NVD CVE-2020-16124

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