CVE-2020-6018

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Summary

CVECVE-2020-6018
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-12-02 01:15:00 UTC
Updated2022-04-12 16:19:00 UTC
DescriptionValve's Game Networking Sockets prior to version v1.2.0 improperly handles long encrypted messages in function AES_GCM_DecryptContext::Decrypt() when compiled using libsodium, leading to a Stack-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)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Valvesoftware Game Networking Sockets All All All All
Application Valvesoftware Game Networking Sockets All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Check if output buffer is too small. · ValveSoftware/GameNetworkingSockets@bea84e2 · GitHub MISC github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
Game On - Finding vulnerabilities in Valve’s “Steam Sockets” - Check Point Research MISC research.checkpoint.com
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