CVE-2020-19861
mediumpriority · track · 31EPSS 0.015 · 74 %ileEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
When a zone file in ldns 1.7.1 is parsed, the function ldns_nsec3_salt_data is too trusted for the length value obtained from the zone file. When the memcpy is copied, the 0xfe - ldns_rdf_size(salt_rdf) byte data can be copied, causing heap overflow information leakage.
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 5–7.5
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affected products (11)
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references (10)
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- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/126.htmlcnnvd
- https://github.com/NLnetLabs/ldns/issues/51cnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-19861cnnvd
- https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/ldns-buffer-overflow-via-ldns-nsec3-salt-data-37419cnnvd
- https://www.auscert.org.au/bulletins/ESB-2022.0502cnnvd
- https://www.auscert.org.au/bulletins/ESB-2022.0897cnnvd
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/126.htmlenisa_euvd
- https://github.com/NLnetLabs/ldns/issues/51enisa_euvd
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