Memory leak in Videolabs
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Denial of service
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-401.
Summary
An exploitable denial-of-service vulnerability exists in the resource allocation handling of Videolabs libmicrodns 0.1.0. When encountering errors while parsing mDNS messages, some allocated data is not freed, possibly leading to a denial-of-service condition via resource exhaustion. An attacker can send one mDNS message repeatedly to trigger this vulnerability through decoding of the domain name performed by rr_decode.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Videolabs | Videolabs libmicrodns 0.1.0 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- Videolabs Vendor— Affected Videolabs libmicrodns 0.1.0 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Advisory ·
Videolabs — GLSA-202005-10
7 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 6 MEDIUM, 1 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2020-04939 Double free in VideolabsPriority MEDIUM 55
- TI-2020-04945 An exploitable denial-of-service vulnerability exists in the message-parsing…Priority MEDIUM 45
- TI-2020-04944 Out-of-bounds read in VideolabsPriority MEDIUM 44
- Advisory ·
Videolabs — DSA-4671
7 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 6 MEDIUM, 1 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2020-04939 Double free in VideolabsPriority MEDIUM 55
- TI-2020-04945 An exploitable denial-of-service vulnerability exists in the message-parsing…Priority MEDIUM 45
- TI-2020-04944 Out-of-bounds read in VideolabsPriority MEDIUM 44
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-6079
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-484g-rjcp-74rc
- 2026-10-08 CISA SSVC decision points changed
- 2026-10-09 Priority changed: LOW → MEDIUM
References
Sources
- CVE-2020-6079 · CVE Program
- CVE-2020-6079 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-484g-rjcp-74rc · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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