CVE-2020-5208

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

3.29% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 87.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

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

NVD CVSS vector

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

NVD analysis status

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

Red Hat severity

Important. 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

2020-02-05 14:00Z6 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-04 08:22Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2020-01-02

Assigning CNA

GitHub_M

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 7.7)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

• CWE-120Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')Base
• CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass

Data version

5.1

Document digest

291a06edda81612990fd25d9eb0ac40879bd636e5b61c6739c7765e2516e9ce8

• github.comhttps://github.com/ipmitool/ipmitool/security/advisories/GHSA-g659-9qxw-p7cpx_refsource_CONFIRM
• github.comhttps://github.com/ipmitool/ipmitool/commit/e824c23316ae50beb7f7488f2055ac65e8b341f2x_refsource_MISC
• lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20200209 [SECURITY] [DLA 2098-1] ipmitool security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/02/msg00006.htmlmailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2020-92cc67ff5ahttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RYYEKUAUTCWICM77HOEGZDVVEUJLP4BP/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2020-eb0cf4d268https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/K2BPW66KDP4H36AGZXLED57A3O2Y6EQW/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
• lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2020:0247http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-02/msg00031.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• security.gentoo.orgGLSA-202101-03https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-03vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
• lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20210630 [SECURITY] [DLA 2699-1] ipmitool security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/06/msg00029.htmlmailing-listx_refsource_MLIST