CVE-2020-29596

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

2.66% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 84.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

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

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI: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

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

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

2020-12-21 21:36Z5 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-04 16:55Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2020-12-07

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-120Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')Base

Data version

5.1

Document digest

0a57d80c43ff8d3cd56100b6f6ee6bda360b2cd10cbc7a6fc6f2331d36f7ad02

• sourceforge.nethttps://sourceforge.net/projects/miniweb/files/miniweb/0.8/x_refsource_MISC
• packetstormsecurity.comhttps://packetstormsecurity.com/files/160470/MiniWeb-HTTP-Server-0.8.19-Buffer-Overflow.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• www.exploit-db.comhttps://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/49247x_refsource_MISC
• securityforeveryone.comhttps://securityforeveryone.com/blog/miniweb-http-server-vulnerability-0-day-cve-2020-29596x_refsource_MISC