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CVE-2020-17441

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.1 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 7.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2020-12-11 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-125

Description

An issue was discovered in picoTCP 1.7.0. The code for processing the IPv6 headers does not validate whether the IPv6 payload length field is equal to the actual size of the payload, which leads to an Out-of-Bounds read during the ICMPv6 checksum calculation, resulting in either Denial-of-Service or Information Disclosure. This affects pico_ipv6_extension_headers and pico_checksum_adder (in pico_ipv6.c and pico_frame.c).

Affected products

• Altran Picotcp: through 1.7.0
• Microchip Mplab Harmony: from 3.0.0 before 3.7.0 — fixed in 3.7.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Microchip Mplab Harmony 3.7.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ics/advisories/icsa-20-343-01
• https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/815128
• https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ics/advisories/icsa-20-343-01
• https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/815128

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