CVE-2020-8625

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

64.16% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 99.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

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

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/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

2021-02-17 22:40Z5 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-09-16 22:40Z1 YR AGO

Reserved

2020-02-05

Assigning CNA

isc

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 8.1)

CNA CVSS vector

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

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

8685179025f611c66b4e93263ab85d956d104b2ef4f98223ecce5cc1e466755c

• kb.isc.orghttps://kb.isc.org/v1/docs/cve-2020-8625x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.debian.orgDSA-4857https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4857vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20210218 BIND Operational Notification: Enabling the new BIND option "stale-answer-client-timeout" can result in unexpected server terminationhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/02/19/1mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20210219 [SECURITY] [DLA 2568-1] bind9 security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/02/msg00029.htmlmailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20210220 BIND Operational Notification: Zone journal (.jnl) file incompatibility,after upgrading to BIND 9.16.12 and 9.17http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/02/20/2mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• www.zerodayinitiative.comhttps://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-21-195/x_refsource_MISC
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2021-0595625865https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QWCMBOSZOJIIET7BWTRYS3HLX5TSDKHX/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2021-28f97e232dhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KYXAF7G45RXDVNUTWWCI2CVTHRZ67LST/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
• security.netapp.comhttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210319-0001/x_refsource_CONFIRM
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2021-8b4744f152https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EBTPWRQWRQEJNWY4NHO4WLS4KLJ3ERHZ/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
• cert-portal.siemens.comhttps://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-389290.pdfx_refsource_CONFIRM