Critical severity · published Nov 30, 2020
CVE-2020-28926
ReadyMedia (aka MiniDLNA) before versions 1.3.0 allows remote code execution
9.8
CVSS
13.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
ReadyMedia (aka MiniDLNA) before versions 1.3.0 allows remote code execution. Sending a malicious UPnP HTTP request to the miniDLNA service using HTTP chunked encoding can lead to a signedness bug resulting in a buffer overflow in calls to memcpy/memmove.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)13.2% · higher than 96% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
9.0; 10.0 · source: NVD
RE
Readymedia · Readymedia Project
before 1.3.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-28926
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-28926
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/12/msg00017.html
Third Party Advisory
https://sourceforge.net/projects/minidlna/
Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4806
Exploit
https://www.rootshellsecurity.net/remote-heap-corruption-bug-discovery-minidlna/
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