CVE-2020-28951 is a critical use-after-free vulnerability affecting libuci in OpenWrt versions before 18.06.9 and 19.x before 19.07.5, triggered by malicious package names. With a CVSS score of 9.8, this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network without authentication, potentially leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or publicly available exploit code, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion, indicating awareness and potential future interest.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 18.06.9CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:openwrt:openwrt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 19.07.0, < 19.07.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:openwrt:openwrt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.