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libmicrodns, vlc — security advisory
An exploitable code execution vulnerability exists in the label-parsing functionality of Videolabs libmicrodns 0.1.0. When parsing compressed labels in mDNS messages, the rr_decode function's return value is not checked, leading to a double free that could be exploited to execute arbitrary code. An attacker can send an mDNS message to trigger this vulnerability.
- Products
- libmicrodns, vlc
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 0.2.0-1, 3.0.8-4
- CVEs
- CVE-2020-6072
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 28 Oct 2026, 11:08 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
An exploitable code execution vulnerability exists in the label-parsing functionality of Videolabs libmicrodns 0.1.0. When parsing compressed labels in mDNS messages, the rr_decode function's return value is not checked, leading to a double free that could be exploited to execute arbitrary code. An attacker can send an mDNS message to trigger this vulnerability.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2020-6072
libmicrodns
Fixed versions: 0.2.0-1
libmicrodns
Fixed versions: 0.2.0-1
vlc
Fixed versions: 3.0.8-4
vlc
Fixed versions: 3.0.8-4
vlc
Fixed versions: 3.0.8-4
Complete source record
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