CVE-2020-6017
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2020-6017 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLIC |
| Assigner | [email protected] |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2020-12-03 14:15:00 UTC |
| Updated | 2022-04-12 16:19:00 UTC |
| Description | Valve's Game Networking Sockets prior to version v1.2.0 improperly handles long unreliable segments in function SNP_ReceiveUnreliableSegment() when configured to support plain-text messages, leading to a Heap-Based Buffer Overflow and resulting in a memory corruption and possibly even a remote code execution. |
Risk And Classification
Problem Types: CWE-787
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application | Valvesoftware | Game Networking Sockets | All | All | All | All |
| Application | Valvesoftware | Game Networking Sockets | All | All | All | All |
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drop unreliable segments with weird offset/size. · ValveSoftware/GameNetworkingSockets@e0c86dc · GitHub | MISC | github.com | Patch, Third Party Advisory |
| Game On - Finding vulnerabilities in Valve’s “Steam Sockets” - Check Point Research | MISC | research.checkpoint.com | |
| CVE Program record | CVE.ORG | www.cve.org | canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail | NVD | nvd.nist.gov | canonical, analysis |
No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE.
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