CVE-2020-6072

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.
• AutomatableyesAn attacker can reliably automate reconnaissance through exploitation, so this scales.
• Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total 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

3.79% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 89.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

9.8 (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:H/I:H/A:H

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-10-08.

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

2020-03-24 20:43Z6 YR AGO

Last updated

2026-10-08 21:13Z20 DAYS AGO

Reserved

2020-01-07

Assigning CNA

talos

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Critical (CVSS 9.8)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

• CWE-415Double FreeVariant

Data version

5.2

Document digest

62b2f4c55e783f0264596c7d1a0a7d858c2780d0e813c93010ae421769501b6e

• www.debian.orgDSA-4671https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4671vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
• security.gentoo.orgGLSA-202005-10https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202005-10vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
• talosintelligence.comhttps://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2020-0995x_refsource_MISC