Mocha Telnet Lite for iOS 4.2 - 'User' Denial of Service
Priority MEDIUM 60CWE-120Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Active
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · Low
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
Mocha Telnet Lite for iOS 4.2 contains a denial of service vulnerability that allows attackers to crash the application by manipulating the user configuration input. Attackers can overwrite the 'User' field with 350 bytes of repeated characters to trigger an application crash and prevent normal functionality.
Why it matters now
Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00407 35th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by the CNA
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| telnet-lite | Mocha Telnet Lite for iOS | 4.2 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- Mocha Telnet Lite for iOS Vendortelnet-lite Affected 4.2 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-36995
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-8q7q-h33w-ffj5
References
Exploit 1
Sources
- CVE-2020-36995 · CVE Program
- CVE-2020-36995 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-8q7q-h33w-ffj5 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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