CVE-2020-24337 describes a Denial-of-Service vulnerability in picoTCP and picoTCP-NG versions up to 1.7.0, affecting products like Altran picoTCP. An attacker can trigger an infinite loop in the TCP option parsing function by sending a specially crafted TCP packet containing an unsupported, zero-length TCP option. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 7.5 (HIGH), indicating a network-based attack with low complexity that can lead to a complete loss of availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 1.7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:altran:picotcp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 1.7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:altran:picotcp-ng:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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