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Vulnerability details: VCID-27xm-d15a-yugk
Vulnerability ID VCID-27xm-d15a-yugk
Aliases CVE-2020-6072
Summary Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in libmicrodns, the worst of which could result in the arbitrary execution of code.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 9.0
Risk 4.5
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (1)
CWE-415 Double Free
System Score Found at
epss 0.00827 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-6072
epss 0.00827 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-6072
epss 0.00827 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-6072
epss 0.00827 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-6072
epss 0.00827 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-6072
epss 0.00827 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-6072
epss 0.00827 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-6072
epss 0.00827 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-6072
epss 0.00827 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-6072
epss 0.00827 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-6072
epss 0.00827 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-6072
epss 0.00827 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-6072
epss 0.00827 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-6072
cvssv2 7.5 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-6072
cvssv3.1 9.8 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-6072
archlinux Critical https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-1136
Reference id Reference type URL
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-6072
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-19721
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-6071
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-6072
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-6073
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-6077
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-6078
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-6079
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-6080
https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2020-0995
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4671
ASA-202004-24 https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-202004-24
AVG-1136 https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-1136
cpe:2.3:a:videolabs:libmicrodns:0.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:videolabs:libmicrodns:0.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2020-6072 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-6072
GLSA-202005-10 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202005-10
USN-7239-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/7239-1/
No exploits are available.
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-6072
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

functional

unproven

proof_of_concept

not_defined

local

adjacent_network

network

high

medium

low

multiple

single

none

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-6072
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.74441
EPSS Score 0.00827
Published At April 1, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T13:02:49.456177+00:00 Gentoo Importer Import https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202005-10 38.0.0