9.8
CRITICAL
CVE-2020-28951
OpenWrt libuci Use After Free Vulnerability
Description

libuci in OpenWrt before 18.06.9 and 19.x before 19.07.5 may encounter a use after free when using malicious package names. This is related to uci_parse_package in file.c and uci_strdup in util.c.

INFO

Published Date :

Nov. 19, 2020, 7:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 7, 2023, 3:21 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2020-28951 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Openwrt openwrt
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2020-28951 vulnerability over time.

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  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference MITRE https://git.openwrt.org/?p=project/uci.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=a3e650911f5e6f67dcff09974df3775dfd615da6 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference MITRE https://git.openwrt.org/?p=openwrt/openwrt.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=5625f5bc36954d644cb80adf8de47854c65d91c3 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference MITRE https://git.openwrt.org/?p=openwrt/openwrt.git%3Ba=log%3Bh=refs/tags/v18.06.9 [No types assigned]
    Removed Reference MITRE https://git.openwrt.org/?p=project/uci.git;a=commit;h=a3e650911f5e6f67dcff09974df3775dfd615da6
    Removed Reference MITRE https://git.openwrt.org/?p=openwrt/openwrt.git;a=log;h=refs/tags/v18.06.9
    Removed Reference MITRE https://git.openwrt.org/?p=openwrt/openwrt.git;a=commit;h=5625f5bc36954d644cb80adf8de47854c65d91c3
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    May. 24, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:openwrt:openwrt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 19.07.0 from (excluding) 19.07.5 OR *cpe:2.3:o:openwrt:openwrt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 19.07.0 from (excluding) 19.07.5
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    May. 24, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:openwrt:openwrt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (excluding) 18.06.9 OR *cpe:2.3:o:openwrt:openwrt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (excluding) 18.06.9
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Dec. 02, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://git.openwrt.org/?p=openwrt/openwrt.git;a=commit;h=5625f5bc36954d644cb80adf8de47854c65d91c3 No Types Assigned https://git.openwrt.org/?p=openwrt/openwrt.git;a=commit;h=5625f5bc36954d644cb80adf8de47854c65d91c3 Patch, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://git.openwrt.org/?p=openwrt/openwrt.git;a=log;h=refs/tags/v18.06.9 No Types Assigned https://git.openwrt.org/?p=openwrt/openwrt.git;a=log;h=refs/tags/v18.06.9 Patch, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://git.openwrt.org/?p=project/uci.git;a=commit;h=a3e650911f5e6f67dcff09974df3775dfd615da6 No Types Assigned https://git.openwrt.org/?p=project/uci.git;a=commit;h=a3e650911f5e6f67dcff09974df3775dfd615da6 Patch, Vendor Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-416
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:openwrt:openwrt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 18.06.9 *cpe:2.3:a:openwrt:openwrt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 19.07.0 up to (excluding) 19.07.5
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CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.42 }} 0.12%

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0.74424

percentile

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