CVE-2020-10188

high
Published — · Modified —
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
VIR risk
8.0

Description

utility.c in telnetd in netkit telnet through 0.17 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via short writes or urgent data, because of a buffer overflow involving the netclear and nextitem functions.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-10188

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-10188.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: arch — https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-202106-20

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
arch archfixed2.0-1
suse slesaffected
debian debianbookwormfixed2:1.9.4-12
debian debianbullseyefixed2:1.9.4-12
debian debianforkyfixed2:1.9.4-12
debian debiansidfixed2:1.9.4-12
debian debiantrixiefixed2:1.9.4-12

References

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.