CVE-2020-16590

Exploitation

Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.

SSVC decision

Not assessed by CISA

EPSS probability

0.95% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 59.0% 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:N/UI:R/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

2020-12-09 21:05Z5 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-04 13:45Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2020-08-03

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-415Double FreeVariant
• CWE-416Use After FreeVariant

Data version

5.1

Document digest

5340ca5281a15af47390b57ffe1919517e6669d37e8892b1a9daf6a57796d9ab

• sourceware.orghttps://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=25821x_refsource_MISC
• sourceware.orghttps://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=c98a4545dc7bf2bcaf1de539c4eb84784680eaa4x_refsource_MISC
• security.netapp.comhttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210115-0003/x_refsource_CONFIRM