PT-2021-8423 · Wind River · Vxworks

Alex Wheeler + 1 · Published 2021-03-11 · Updated 2024-08-06 · CVE-2016-20009

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

9.8

Critical

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Wind River VxWorks versions 6.5 through 7

Description A DNS client stack-based buffer overflow in the ipdnsc decode name() function affects the software. This issue only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer.

Recommendations For versions 6.5 through 7, as these versions are no longer supported, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this issue.

Exploit

Fix

Memory Corruption

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-787

Related Identifiers

CVE-2016-20009

Affected Products

Vxworks

References · 7

• 🔥 https://blog.exodusintel.com/2016/08/09/vxworks-execute-my-packets · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-20009 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-20009 · Vendor Advisory
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/24821 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/89339 · Telegram Post
• https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-553445.pdf · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/18967 · Telegram Post