CVE-2020-9273

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

12.14% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 96.0% 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

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

2020-02-20 15:22Z6 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-04 10:26Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2020-02-19

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-416Use After FreeVariant

Data version

5.1

Document digest

837cc56a5ea8104babf82e36b992081ee4fd900763dd9278fcafe4dcbb6bd706

• github.comhttps://github.com/proftpd/proftpd/blob/master/RELEASE_NOTESx_refsource_CONFIRM
• github.comhttps://github.com/proftpd/proftpd/issues/903x_refsource_CONFIRM
• lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20200221 [SECURITY] [DLA 2115-1] proftpd-dfsg security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/02/msg00022.htmlmailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• www.debian.orgDSA-4635https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4635vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2020-76c707cff0https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XHO3S5WPRRP7VGKIAHLYQVEYW5HRYIJN/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2020-876b1f664ehttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VCUPRYSJR7XOM3HQ6H5M4OGDU7OHCHBF/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
• lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2020:0273http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00002.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20200302 [SECURITY] [DLA 2115-2] proftpd-dfsg regression updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/03/msg00002.htmlmailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• security.gentoo.orgGLSA-202003-35https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-35vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
• cert-portal.siemens.comhttps://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-679335.pdfx_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20210824 Possible memory leak on getspnam / getspnam_rhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/08/25/1mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20210906 Re: Possible memory leak on getspnam / getspnam_rhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/09/06/2mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST