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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2020-12823

OpenConnect 8.09 has a buffer overflow, causing a denial of service (application crash) or possibly unspecified other impact, via crafted certificate data to get_cert_name in gnutls.c.

CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 4.62%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (4.62%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

OpenConnect 8.09 has a buffer overflow, causing a denial of service (application crash) or possibly unspecified other impact, via crafted certificate data to get_cert_name in gnutls.c.

CVSS 3.1
9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
4.62% probability · 91th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-120
Affected
infradead/openconnect · fedoraproject/fedora · debian/debian linux · opensuse/leap
Source
cve@mitre.org

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.