Is CVE-2020-5208 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2020-5208 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2020-5208?

CVE-2020-5208 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.7 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2020-5208?

CVE-2020-5208 has an EPSS score of 3.29% (87th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2020-5208?

Upgrade ipmitool on debian 11 to 1.8.18-10.1 or later. Fixes are available for 2 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2020-5208

HIGHEPSS 87th pctl

7.7

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

It's been found that multiple functions in ipmitool before 1.8.19 neglect proper checking of the data received from a remote LAN party, which may lead to buffer overflows and potentially to remote code execution on the ipmitool side. This is especially dangerous if ipmitool is run as a privileged user. This problem is fixed in version 1.8.19.

CWE-120Classic Buffer Overflow

How to fix

Remediation Available

ipmitoolDebian

Fixed in:1.8.18-10.1CVE-2020-5208

ipmitoolUbuntu

Fixed in:1.8.16-3ubuntu0.2+esm1USN-5997-1

Fixed in:1.8.18-5ubuntu0.2USN-5997-1

Fixed in:1.8.18-8ubuntu0.1USN-5997-1

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 ComplexityHigh

Privileges RequiredLow

User InteractionRequired

ScopeChanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityNone

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

Exploit Intelligence

3.29%probability of exploitation in 30 days

87thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 87% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch2

Third-Party Advisory4

Other references2

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-120 (Classic Buffer Overflow) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2014-0195	Medium	6.8	100%	-	Fix
CVE-2017-7269	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV	-
CVE-2019-11043	High	8.7	99%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2011-4862	High	10.0	95%	-	Fix
CVE-2007-5659	High	7.8	94%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2022-3786	High	7.5	91%	-	Fix

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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.