Name: CVE-2020-6582: Incorrect Conversion between Numeric Types
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2020-03-16T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2020-6582, CWE-681, CWE-787, CVSS 7.5, EPSS 0.01645

Nagios NRPE 3.2.1 has a Heap-Based Buffer Overflow, as demonstrated by interpretation of a small negative number as a large positive number during a bzero call.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 7.5
CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Alpine Linux	—	Upgrade nrpe	Jan 5, 2021	Mar 16, 2020
Debian	—	Upgrade nagios-nrpe	Jul 30, 2024	Mar 16, 2020
Ubuntu	—	No solution exists	Jun 26, 2025	Mar 16, 2020

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CVSS Details

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