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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2020-24334

The code that processes DNS responses in uIP through 1.0, as used in Contiki and Contiki-NG, does not check whether the number of responses specified in the DNS packet header corresponds to the response data available in the DNS packet, leading to an out-of-bounds read and Denial-of-Service in resolv.c.

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1 Nov 2026, 06:04 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2020-24334

core-osv · Original source

Published 11 Dec 2020, 23:15 UTC

The code that processes DNS responses in uIP through 1.0, as used in Contiki and Contiki-NG, does not check whether the number of responses specified in the DNS packet header corresponds to the response data available in the DNS packet, leading to an out-of-bounds read and Denial-of-Service in resolv.c.

osv:CVE-2020-24334
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-24334",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
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    "summary": "The code that processes DNS responses in uIP through 1.0, as used in Contiki and Contiki-NG, does not check whether the number of responses specified in the DNS packet header corresponds to the response data available in the DNS packet, leading to an out-of-bounds read and Denial-of-Service in resolv.c.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2020-24334",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
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          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H"
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      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:34.990234643Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ics/advisories/icsa-20-343-01",
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  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 433653,
  "published_at": "2020-12-11T23:15:13.807+00:00"
}