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CVE-2020-7465

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 3.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2020-10-06 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-787

Description

The L2TP implementation of MPD before 5.9 allows a remote attacker who can send specifically crafted L2TP control packet with AVP Q.931 Cause Code to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption).

Affected products

• Mpd Project Mpd: before 5.9 — fixed in 5.9
• Stormshield Network Security: from 4.0.0 before 4.3.17; 4.4.0 — fixed in 4.3.17

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Mpd Project Mpd 5.9; Stormshield Network Security 4.3.17. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://sourceforge.net/p/mpd/bugs/70/
• https://sourceforge.net/p/mpd/svn/2377/
• https://sourceforge.net/p/mpd/bugs/70/
• https://sourceforge.net/p/mpd/svn/2377/

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