CVE-2020-14323

Exploitation

Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
• AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
• Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

0.62% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 49.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

5.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

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

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2020-10-29 00:00Z6 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-04 12:39Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2020-06-17

Assigning CNA

redhat

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Medium (CVSS 5.5)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

• CWE-170Improper Null TerminationBase
• CWE-476NULL Pointer DereferenceBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

160bece8810e0d6284718556324d8016c6c17b0d0f556e7f8c3b4183cd6f0863

• bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1891685
• www.samba.orghttps://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2020-14323.html
• lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2020:1811http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00008.htmlvendor-advisory
• lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2020:1819http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00012.htmlvendor-advisory
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2020-c1e9ae02d2https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JE2M4FE3N3EDXVG4UKSVFPL7SQUGFFDP/vendor-advisory
• security.netapp.comhttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20201103-0001/
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2020-2e1a1489behttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/W6HM73N4NEGFW5GIJJGGP6ZZBS6GTXPB/vendor-advisory
• lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20201123 [SECURITY] [DLA 2463-1] samba security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/11/msg00041.htmlmailing-list
• security.gentoo.orgGLSA-202012-24https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202012-24vendor-advisory
• lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20240422 [SECURITY] [DLA 3792-1] samba security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/04/msg00015.htmlmailing-list