Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Nov 18, 2020· Updated Aug 4, 2024

CVE-2020-6016

Description

Valve's Game Networking Sockets prior to version v1.2.0 improperly handles unreliable segments with negative offsets in function SNP_ReceiveUnreliableSegment(), leading to a Heap-Based Buffer Underflow and a free() of memory not from the heap, resulting in a memory corruption and probably even a remote code execution.

AI Insight

LLM-synthesized narrative grounded in this CVE's description and references.

Affected products

Valve/Game Networking Socketsdescription
Valve Software/Game Networking Socketsllm-create
Range: <1.2.0

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

github.com/ValveSoftware/GameNetworkingSockets/commit/e0c86dcb9139771db3db0cfdb1fb8bef0af19c43mitrex_refsource_MISC
research.checkpoint.com/2020/game-on-finding-vulnerabilities-in-valves-steam-sockets/mitrex_refsource_MISC

News mentions

No linked articles in our index yet.

cvss	0.000
epss	0.005
exploit	0.000
kev	0.000
patch	0.000
ransomware	0.000