# CVE-2020-15472: In nDPI through 3.2, the H.323 dissector is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer over-read in ndpi\_search\_h323 in lib/protocols/h323.c, as demo

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2020-07-01 · Updated: 2024-08-04

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

In nDPI through 3.2, the H.323 dissector is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer over-read in ndpi_search_h323 in lib/protocols/h323.c, as demonstrated by a payload packet length that is too short.

## What to do

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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/ntop/nDPI/commit/b7e666e465f138ae48ab81976726e67deed12701
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/08/msg00016.html

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