CVE-2020-8622

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

5.90% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 93.2% 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:L/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

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

2020-08-21 20:50Z6 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-09-16 17:14Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2020-02-05

Assigning CNA

isc

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Medium (CVSS 6.5)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

• CWE-617Reachable AssertionBase
• CWE-400Uncontrolled Resource ConsumptionClass

Data version

5.1

Document digest

67b111e03f4c36ef84cc60a6ca2dfc75e101c9a12d72443f7f5a056431e6b063

• kb.isc.orghttps://kb.isc.org/docs/cve-2020-8622x_refsource_CONFIRM
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2020-a02b7a0f21https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DQN62GBMCIC5AY4KYADGXNKVY6AJKSJE/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
• usn.ubuntu.comUSN-4468-1https://usn.ubuntu.com/4468-1/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
• usn.ubuntu.comUSN-4468-2https://usn.ubuntu.com/4468-2/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
• www.debian.orgDSA-4752https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4752vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2020-14c194e5afhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZKAMJZXR66P6S5LEU4SN7USSNCWTXEXP/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
• lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20200829 [SECURITY] [DLA 2355-1] bind9 security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00053.htmlmailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• security.gentoo.orgGLSA-202008-19https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202008-19vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
• lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2020:1699http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00041.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2020:1701http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00044.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• www.oracle.comhttps://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• security.netapp.comhttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200827-0003/x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.synology.comhttps://www.synology.com/security/advisory/Synology_SA_20_19x_refsource_CONFIRM