CVE-2020-36420

HighCVSS 7.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

Polipo through 1.1.1, when NDEBUG is omitted, allows denial of service via a reachable assertion during parsing of a malformed Range header. NOTE: This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 7.5/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-617

Affected software

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

References

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/07/18/1Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.gentoo.org/755896Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/jech/polipo/commit/4d42ca1b5849518762d110f34b6ce2e03d6df9ecPatch, Third Party Advisory
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/11/18/1Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/07/18/1Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.gentoo.org/755896Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/jech/polipo/commit/4d42ca1b5849518762d110f34b6ce2e03d6df9ecPatch, Third Party Advisory
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/11/18/1Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: Jul 15, 2021
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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