Is CVE-2020-7595 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2020-7595 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2020-7595?

CVE-2020-7595 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2020-7595?

CVE-2020-7595 has an EPSS score of 7.84% (94th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2020-7595?

Upgrade libxml2 on debian 11 to 2.9.10+dfsg-2.1 or later. Fixes are available for 3 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2020-7595

HIGHEPSS 94th pctl

7.5

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

xmlStringLenDecodeEntities in parser.c in libxml2 2.9.10 has an infinite loop in a certain end-of-file situation.

CWE-835

How to fix

Remediation Available

libxml2Debian

Fixed in:2.9.10+dfsg-2.1CVE-2020-7595

libxml2Ubuntu

Fixed in:2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.13+esm1USN-4274-1

Fixed in:2.9.3+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.7USN-4274-1

Fixed in:2.9.4+dfsg1-6.1ubuntu1.3USN-4274-1

libxml2-utilsUbuntu

Fixed in:2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.13+esm1USN-4274-1

Fixed in:2.9.3+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.7USN-4274-1

Fixed in:2.9.4+dfsg1-6.1ubuntu1.3USN-4274-1

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 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

7.84%probability of exploitation in 30 days

94thpercentile

High risk: more likely to be exploited than 94% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch3

Third-Party Advisory7

Other references5

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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 2025-12-03.