CVE-2020-7216

HIGH 7.5CVE-2020-7216 · Published 05/02/2020 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2020-7216 is a HIGH (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability affecting wicked (opensuse).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 1.1%, higher than 65.7% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
wicked opensuse	`≤ 0.6.55`	No fix yet

Description

An ni_dhcp4_parse_response memory leak in openSUSE wicked 0.6.55 and earlier allows network attackers to cause a denial of service by sending DHCP4 packets without a message type option.

References

lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-02/msg00005.html · Mailing List
bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi · Issue Tracking

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