CVE-2020-10071
9.0
CRITICAL · CVSS 3.1 · EPSS 3.4% (pctl 89)
In your normal cycle
Critical by CVSS (9), but no sign of active exploitation.
Description
The Zephyr MQTT parsing code performs insufficient checking of the length field on publish messages, allowing a buffer overflow and potentially remote code execution. NCC-ZEP-031 This issue affects: zephyrproject-rtos zephyr version 2.2.0 and later versions.
Scoring
| CVSS | 9.0 (CRITICAL, v3.1) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 3.4% — more likely to be exploited than 89% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-120 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | none known |
| Published | 2020-06-05 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| zephyrproject | zephyr |
References
- https://docs.zephyrproject.org/latest/security/vulnerabilities.html#cve-2020-10071
- https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/pull/23821/commits/989c4713ba429aa5105fe476b4d629718f3e6082
- https://research.nccgroup.com/2020/05/26/research-report-zephyr-and-mcuboot-security-assessment
- https://zephyrprojectsec.atlassian.net/browse/ZEPSEC-86
- https://docs.zephyrproject.org/latest/security/vulnerabilities.html#cve-2020-10071
- https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/pull/23821/commits/989c4713ba429aa5105fe476b4d629718f3e6082
- https://research.nccgroup.com/2020/05/26/research-report-zephyr-and-mcuboot-security-assessment
- https://zephyrprojectsec.atlassian.net/browse/ZEPSEC-86
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