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high 7.5

CVE-2020-22284 json

A buffer overflow vulnerability in the zepif_linkoutput() function of Free Software Foundation lwIP git head version and version 2.1.2 allo…

published 5y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2020-15049

cvss
7.5
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.2%
EPSS 1.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 68%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A buffer overflow vulnerability in the zepif_linkoutput() function of Free Software Foundation lwIP git head version and version 2.1.2 allows attackers to access sensitive information via a crafted 6LoWPAN packet.

Patch / fix

  • lwip Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2.1.3+dfsg1-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2020-22284

  • lwip Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS 2.1.2+dfsg1-4ubuntu0.1~esm1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2020-22284

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

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Exploit prediction

1.21% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 68% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-120 Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input

References

Sources

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