Is CVE-2020-7065 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2020-7065 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2020-7065?

CVE-2020-7065 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.4 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2020-7065?

CVE-2020-7065 has an EPSS score of 4.76% (91th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2020-7065?

Upgrade php7.4 on debian 11 to 7.4.5-1 or later. Fixes are available for 22 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2020-7065

HIGHEPSS 91th pctl

7.4

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

In PHP versions 7.3.x below 7.3.16 and 7.4.x below 7.4.4, while using mb_strtolower() function with UTF-32LE encoding, certain invalid strings could cause PHP to overwrite stack-allocated buffer. This could lead to memory corruption, crashes and potentially code execution.

CWE-121Stack-based Buffer Overflow CWE-787Out-of-bounds Write

How to fix

Remediation Available

php7.4Debian

Fixed in:7.4.5-1CVE-2020-7065

libapache2-mod-php5Ubuntu

Fixed in:5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.29+esm11USN-4330-1

libapache2-mod-php7.0Ubuntu

Fixed in:7.0.33-0ubuntu0.16.04.14USN-4330-1

libapache2-mod-php7.2Ubuntu

Fixed in:7.2.24-0ubuntu0.18.04.4USN-4330-1

libapache2-mod-php7.4Ubuntu

Fixed in:7.4.3-4ubuntu1.1USN-4330-2

php5Ubuntu

Fixed in:5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.29+esm11USN-4330-1

php5-cgiUbuntu

Fixed in:5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.29+esm11USN-4330-1

php5-cliUbuntu

Fixed in:5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.29+esm11USN-4330-1

php5-fpmUbuntu

Fixed in:5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.29+esm11USN-4330-1

php7.0Ubuntu

Fixed in:7.0.33-0ubuntu0.16.04.14USN-4330-1

php7.0-cgiUbuntu

Fixed in:7.0.33-0ubuntu0.16.04.14USN-4330-1

php7.0-cliUbuntu

Fixed in:7.0.33-0ubuntu0.16.04.14USN-4330-1

php7.0-fpmUbuntu

Fixed in:7.0.33-0ubuntu0.16.04.14USN-4330-1

php7.2Ubuntu

Fixed in:7.2.24-0ubuntu0.18.04.4USN-4330-1

php7.2-cgiUbuntu

Fixed in:7.2.24-0ubuntu0.18.04.4USN-4330-1

php7.2-cliUbuntu

Fixed in:7.2.24-0ubuntu0.18.04.4USN-4330-1

php7.2-fpmUbuntu

Fixed in:7.2.24-0ubuntu0.18.04.4USN-4330-1

php7.4Ubuntu

Fixed in:7.4.3-4ubuntu1.1USN-4330-2

php7.4-cgiUbuntu

Fixed in:7.4.3-4ubuntu1.1USN-4330-2

php7.4-cliUbuntu

Fixed in:7.4.3-4ubuntu1.1USN-4330-2

php7.4-fpmUbuntu

Fixed in:7.4.3-4ubuntu1.1USN-4330-2

php7.4-mbstringUbuntu

Fixed in:7.4.3-4ubuntu1.1USN-4330-2

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 RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

4.76%probability of exploitation in 30 days

91stpercentile

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

References

Patch2

Vendor Advisory1

php.net

Third-Party Advisory5

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-121 (Stack-based Buffer Overflow) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2025-22457	Critical	9.0	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2025-0282	Critical	9.0	100%	KEV + Ransom	-
CVE-2021-20038	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	-
CVE-2009-0927	High	8.8	97%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2020-10924	High	8.8	87%	-	-
CVE-2022-20705	Critical	10.0	80%	-	-

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