CVE-2020-8416

Q: How do I fix CVE-2020-8416?

Upgrade bearftp to 0.2.0 or later.

Q: Is CVE-2020-8416 being actively exploited?

Not that we know of. CVE-2020-8416 is not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Its EPSS score of 14.2% is the estimated probability that it will be exploited in the next 30 days. That is higher than 96% of all scored CVEs.

Q: How severe is CVE-2020-8416?

CVE-2020-8416 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5, rated high. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.

Q: What does CVE-2020-8416 affect?

Published advisories record a fix for bearftp (NVD). Only products with a sourced advisory are listed, so treat this as what we can cite rather than a complete inventory.

HIGHEPSS 96th pctl

7.5

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

IKTeam BearFTP before 0.2.0 allows remote attackers to achieve denial of service via a large volume of connections to the PASV mode port.

CWE-770Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

How to fix

Remediation Available

bearftpNVD

Affected:< 0.2.0Fixed in:0.2.0CVE-2020-8416derived from NVD

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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

14.21%probability of exploitation in 30 days

96thpercentile

Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 96% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch1

github.com

Exploit1

pastebin.com

Third-Party Advisory3

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-770 (Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2023-50387	High	7.5	100%	-	Fix
CVE-2019-11478	Medium	5.3	95%	-	Fix
CVE-2019-11479	High	7.5	92%	-	Fix
CVE-2024-27316	High	7.5	91%	-	Fix
CVE-2022-30522	High	7.5	90%	-	Fix
CVE-2019-9515	High	7.5	87%	-	Fix

Common questions

How do I fix CVE-2020-8416?

Upgrade bearftp to 0.2.0 or later.

Is CVE-2020-8416 being actively exploited?

Not that we know of. CVE-2020-8416 is not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Its EPSS score of 14.2% is the estimated probability that it will be exploited in the next 30 days. That is higher than 96% of all scored CVEs.

How severe is CVE-2020-8416?

CVE-2020-8416 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5, rated high. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.

What does CVE-2020-8416 affect?

Published advisories record a fix for bearftp (NVD). Only products with a sourced advisory are listed, so treat this as what we can cite rather than a complete inventory.

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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.