Is CVE-2020-16845 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2020-16845 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2020-16845?

CVE-2020-16845 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2020-16845?

CVE-2020-16845 has an EPSS score of 4.73% (91th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2020-16845?

Upgrade golang-1.15 on debian 11 to 1.15~rc2-1 or later. Fixes are available for 5 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2020-16845

HIGHEPSS 91th pctl

7.5

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

Go before 1.13.15 and 14.x before 1.14.7 can have an infinite read loop in ReadUvarint and ReadVarint in encoding/binary via invalid inputs.

CWE-835

How to fix

Remediation Available

golang-1.15Debian

Fixed in:1.15~rc2-1CVE-2020-16845

golang-1.13Ubuntu

Fixed in:1.13.8-1ubuntu1~16.04.3+esm2USN-5725-2

Fixed in:1.13.8-1ubuntu1~18.04.4USN-5725-1

Fixed in:1.13.8-1ubuntu1.1USN-5725-1

Fixed in:1.13.8-1ubuntu2.22.04.1USN-5725-1

Fixed in:1.13.8-1ubuntu2.22.10.1USN-5725-1

golang-1.13-goUbuntu

Fixed in:1.13.8-1ubuntu1~16.04.3+esm2USN-5725-2

Fixed in:1.13.8-1ubuntu1~18.04.4USN-5725-1

Fixed in:1.13.8-1ubuntu1.1USN-5725-1

Fixed in:1.13.8-1ubuntu2.22.04.1USN-5725-1

Fixed in:1.13.8-1ubuntu2.22.10.1USN-5725-1

golang-1.13-srcUbuntu

Fixed in:1.13.8-1ubuntu1~16.04.3+esm2USN-5725-2

Fixed in:1.13.8-1ubuntu1~18.04.4USN-5725-1

Fixed in:1.13.8-1ubuntu1.1USN-5725-1

Fixed in:1.13.8-1ubuntu2.22.04.1USN-5725-1

Fixed in:1.13.8-1ubuntu2.22.10.1USN-5725-1

Go Programming LanguageWindows application

Affected:1.13.15Fixed in:1.13.15https://go.dev

Affected:1.14 1.14.7Fixed in:1.14.7https://go.dev

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

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

4.73%probability of exploitation in 30 days

91stpercentile

High risk: more likely to be exploited than 91% of all known CVEs.

References

Third-Party Advisory9

Other references6

Embed a live status badge for CVE-2020-16845

Markdown

[![CVE-2020-16845](https://tridentstack.com/cve/badge/CVE-2020-16845.svg)](https://tridentstack.com/cve/CVE-2020-16845)

HTML

<a href="https://tridentstack.com/cve/CVE-2020-16845"><img src="https://tridentstack.com/cve/badge/CVE-2020-16845.svg" alt="CVE-2020-16845"></a>

Find and fix vulnerabilities across your fleet

TridentStack Control continuously scans your Windows, macOS, and Linux fleet for known vulnerabilities, prioritizes them by severity and active exploitation, and patches them automatically.

Start free

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.