CVE-2020-35471
mediumpriority · track · 31EPSS 0.024 · 84 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
Envoy before 1.16.1 mishandles dropped and truncated datagrams, as demonstrated by a segmentation fault for a UDP packet size larger than 1500.
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
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 (3)
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advisories (1)
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- BIT-envoy-2020-354712024-03-06vendor · osvUS
Envoy before 1.16.1 mishandles dropped and truncated datagrams, as demonstrated by a segmentation fault for a UDP packet size larger than 1500.
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references (13)
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- https://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy/compare/v1.16.0...v1.16.1cnnvd
- https://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy/issues/14113cnnvd
- https://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy/pull/14122cnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-35471cnnvd
- https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/Envoy-denial-of-service-via-Large-Udp-Packets-37692cnnvd
- https://www.auscert.org.au/bulletins/ESB-2021.0434cnnvd
- https://www.ibm.com/blogs/psirt/security-bulletin-cloud-pak-for-security-contains-security-vulnerabilities/cnnvd
- https://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy/compare/v1.16.0...v1.16.1enisa_euvd
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