VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2020-16970
Azure Sphere Unsigned Code Execution Vulnerability
HIGH 8.1EPSS 1.40%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.40%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Azure Sphere Unsigned Code Execution Vulnerability
- CVSS 3.1
- 8.1 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.40% probability · 72th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-415
- Affected
- microsoft/azure sphere
- Source
- secure@microsoft.com
EPSS 1.4% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-16970Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2020-1118Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-16970Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2020-1118Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.