CVE-2020-25109
An issue was discovered in the DNS implementation in Ethernut in Nut/OS 5.1. The number of DNS...
An issue was discovered in the DNS implementation in Ethernut in Nut/OS 5.1. The number of DNS queries/responses (set in a DNS header) is not checked against the data present. This may lead to successful Denial-of-Service, and possibly Remote Code Execution.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
An issue was discovered in the DNS implementation in Ethernut in Nut/OS 5.1. The number of DNS queries/responses (set in a DNS header) is not checked against the data present. This may lead to successful Denial-of-Service, and possibly Remote Code Execution.
- Record
CVE-2020-25109- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 High
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-125
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
An issue was discovered in the DNS implementation in Ethernut in Nut/OS 5.1. The number of DNS queries/responses (set in a DNS header) is not checked against the data present. This may lead to successful Denial-of-Service, and possibly Remote Code Execution.
- Record
CVE-2020-25109- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-17800 No score
An issue was discovered in the DNS implementation in Ethernut in Nut/OS 5.1. The number of DNS queries/responses (set in a DNS header) is not checked against the data present. This may lead to successful Denial-of-Service, and possibly Remote Code Execution.
- Record
EUVD-2020-17800- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-w9cm-mhh5-jvr7 No score
An issue was discovered in the DNS implementation in Ethernut in Nut/OS 5.1. The number of DNS...
An issue was discovered in the DNS implementation in Ethernut in Nut/OS 5.1. The number of DNS queries/responses (set in a DNS header) is not checked against the data present. This may lead to successful Denial-of-Service, and possibly Remote Code Execution.
- Record
GHSA-w9cm-mhh5-jvr7- Weakness
- CWE-125
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2020-25109 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Ethernut Nut\/os, published December 11, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 53.7%, the 99th percentile. No source names a fixed version.