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CVE-2020-25927

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2021-08-18 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-125

Description

The DNS feature in InterNiche NicheStack TCP/IP 4.0.1 is affected by: Out-of-bounds Read. The impact is: a denial of service (remote). The component is: DNS response processing in function: dns_upcall(). The attack vector is: a specific DNS response packet. The code does not check whether the number of queries/responses specified in the DNS packet header corresponds to the query/response data available in the DNS packet.

Affected products

• Hcc-Embedded Nichestack Tcp/Ip: 4.0.1

References

• http://www.iniche.com/source-code/networking-stack/nichestack.php
• https://www.forescout.com/blog/new-critical-operational-technology-vulnerabilities-found-on-nichestack/
• https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/608209
• http://www.iniche.com/source-code/networking-stack/nichestack.php
• https://www.forescout.com/blog/new-critical-operational-technology-vulnerabilities-found-on-nichestack/
• https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/608209

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