Is CVE-2020-7465 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2020-7465 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2020-7465?

CVE-2020-7465 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8 (CRITICAL).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2020-7465?

CVE-2020-7465 has an EPSS score of 2.95% (85th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2020-7465?

Upgrade mpd to 5.9 or later. Fixes are available for 2 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2020-7465

CRITICALEPSS 85th pctl

9.8

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

The L2TP implementation of MPD before 5.9 allows a remote attacker who can send specifically crafted L2TP control packet with AVP Q.931 Cause Code to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption).

CWE-787Out-of-bounds Write

How to fix

Remediation Available

mpdNVD

Affected:< 5.9Fixed in:5.9CVE-2020-7465derived from NVD

stormshield network securityNVD

Affected:>= 4.0.0, < 4.3.17Fixed in:4.3.17CVE-2020-7465derived from NVD

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

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

2.95%probability of exploitation in 30 days

85thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 85% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch1

sourceforge.net

Exploit1

sourceforge.net

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-787 (Out-of-bounds Write) 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-2015-3113	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2021-20038	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	-
CVE-2023-4863	High	8.8	100%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2020-16040	Medium	6.5	100%	-	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.