CVE-2016-20009

CriticalCVSS 9.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

A DNS client stack-based buffer overflow in ipdnsc_decode_name() affects Wind River VxWorks 6.5 through 7. NOTE: This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 9.8/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-787

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

https://blog.exodusintel.com/2016/08/09/vxworks-execute-my-packets/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-553445.pdfThird Party Advisory
https://blog.exodusintel.com/2016/08/09/vxworks-execute-my-packets/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-553445.pdfThird Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: Mar 11, 2021
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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