CVE-2020-14779

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

3.75% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 89.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

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

NVD CVSS vector

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

NVD analysis status

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

Red Hat severity

Low. 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

2020-10-21 14:04Z6 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-09-26 20:24Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2020-06-19

Assigning CNA

oracle

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Low (CVSS 3.7)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

• CWE-770Allocation of Resources Without Limits or ThrottlingBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

efe74f382ec791452de0a5ebe0c6f62fb84ec869b585c785f62a58812623668d

• www.oracle.comhttps://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• security.netapp.comhttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20201023-0004/x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.debian.orgDSA-4779https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4779vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2020-845860fd4fhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/Z7XEONOP6JB7SD7AMUWZTLZF2L4QD546/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2020-5708dd5b87https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/OMJMTXFJRONFT72YAEQNRFKYZZU4W3HD/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
• lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20201030 [SECURITY] [DLA 2412-1] openjdk-8 security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00031.htmlmailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2020-febe36c3achttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XKRGVMZT3EUUWKUA6DBT56FT3UOKPHQ2/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2020-421f817e5fhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YCKZAI4AWSKO5O5VDXHFFKNLOZGZ3KEE/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2020-a405eea76ahttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XVPLGNHNJ4UJ6IO6R2XXEKCTCI2DRPDQ/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2020-fdc79d8e5bhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/N6CJCO52DHIQJHLPF6HMTC5Z2VKFRQMY/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
• lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2020:1893http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00041.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• security.gentoo.orgGLSA-202101-19https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-19vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO