CVE-2020-16233

Q: How do I fix CVE-2020-16233?

Upgrade codemeter to 7.10 or later.

Q: Is CVE-2020-16233 being actively exploited?

Not that we know of. CVE-2020-16233 is not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Its EPSS score of 1.8% is the estimated probability that it will be exploited in the next 30 days. That is higher than 77% of all scored CVEs.

Q: How severe is CVE-2020-16233?

CVE-2020-16233 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5, rated high. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.

Q: What does CVE-2020-16233 affect?

Published advisories record a fix for codemeter (NVD). Only products with a sourced advisory are listed, so treat this as what we can cite rather than a complete inventory.

HIGHEPSS 77th pctl

7.5

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

An attacker could send a specially crafted packet that could have CodeMeter (All versions prior to 7.10) send back packets containing data from the heap.

CWE-404

How to fix

Remediation Available

codemeterNVD

Affected:< 7.10Fixed in:7.10CVE-2020-16233derived from NVD

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Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityNone

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Exploit Intelligence

1.84%probability of exploitation in 30 days

77thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 77% of all known CVEs.

References

Third-Party Advisory1

us-cert.cisa.gov

Related Vulnerabilities

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CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2022-44267	Medium	6.5	77%	-	Fix
CVE-2018-8120	High	7.0	74%	KEV + Ransom	-
CVE-2018-8210	High	7.8	24%	-	-
CVE-2018-8639	High	7.8	22%	KEV + Ransom	-
CVE-2023-3206	Medium	5.3	19%	-	-
CVE-2018-8450	High	8.8	16%	-	-

Common questions

How do I fix CVE-2020-16233?

Upgrade codemeter to 7.10 or later.

Is CVE-2020-16233 being actively exploited?

Not that we know of. CVE-2020-16233 is not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Its EPSS score of 1.8% is the estimated probability that it will be exploited in the next 30 days. That is higher than 77% of all scored CVEs.

How severe is CVE-2020-16233?

CVE-2020-16233 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5, rated high. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.

What does CVE-2020-16233 affect?

Published advisories record a fix for codemeter (NVD). Only products with a sourced advisory are listed, so treat this as what we can cite rather than a complete inventory.

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.