CVE-2020-8955

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

3.44% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 88.8% 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 2026-06-17.

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

2020-02-12 21:58Z6 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-04 10:19Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2020-02-12

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

c5a1b9df9cae60763ed366eddc8724154c3b404b89ee7166050b964515d93a43

• weechat.orghttps://weechat.org/doc/security/x_refsource_MISC
• github.comhttps://github.com/weechat/weechat/commit/6f4f147d8e86adf9ad34a8ffd7e7f1f23a7e74dax_refsource_MISC
• lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2020:0248http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-02/msg00032.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2020-4d232b48b8https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4ASRTCQFFDAAK347URWNDH6NSED2BGNY/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2020-db890b4800https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ER23GT23US5JXDLUZAMGMWXKZ74MI4S2/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
• lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20200324 [SECURITY] [DLA 2157-1] weechat security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/03/msg00031.htmlmailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• security.gentoo.orgGLSA-202003-51https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-51vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2020-d242130019https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/M3LAJTLI3LWZRNCFYJ7PCBBTHUMCCBHH/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
• lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20210930 [SECURITY] [DLA 2770-1] weechat security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/09/msg00018.htmlmailing-listx_refsource_MLIST