CVE-2020-17498

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

2.57% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 84.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

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

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/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

2020-08-13 15:55Z6 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-04 14:00Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2020-08-12

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

7aa0f0696127aca59f72f353baf00d27a5d5e0f1f75e65480fe812393652f41c

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• www.wireshark.orghttps://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2020-10.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• code.wireshark.orghttps://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=76afda963de4f0b9be24f2d8e873990a5cbf221bx_refsource_MISC
• security.gentoo.orgGLSA-202008-14https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202008-14vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2020-2981a0224dhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/G7LO7DAPN33FL4JQ7DDPB76SIEFGMZSQ/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2020-7f91f10f2bhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/AII7UYDPNKYE75AZL45M6HAV2COP7F6S/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
• lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2020:1878http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00035.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
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• www.oracle.comhttps://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2021.htmlx_refsource_MISC