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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2020-24383

An issue was discovered in FNET through 4.6.4. The code for processing resource records in mDNS queries doesn't check for proper '\0' termination of the resource record name string, leading to an out-of-bounds read, and potentially causing information leak or Denial-or-Service.

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1 Nov 2026, 06:02 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2020-24383

core-osv · Original source

Published 11 Dec 2020, 23:15 UTC

An issue was discovered in FNET through 4.6.4. The code for processing resource records in mDNS queries doesn't check for proper '\0' termination of the resource record name string, leading to an out-of-bounds read, and potentially causing information leak or Denial-or-Service.

osv:CVE-2020-24383
Complete source record
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    "summary": "An issue was discovered in FNET through 4.6.4. The code for processing resource records in mDNS queries doesn't check for proper '\\0' termination of the resource record name string, leading to an out-of-bounds read, and potentially causing information leak or Denial-or-Service.",
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      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:34.609816004Z",
      "provider": "osv",
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