{"id":"CVE-2020-16970","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2020-16970","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T22:33:41.528Z","title":"Azure Sphere Unsigned Code Execution Vulnerability","description":"Azure Sphere Unsigned Code Execution Vulnerability","published":"2020-11-11T07:15:12.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T02:58:23.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"secure@microsoft.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":8.1,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-415"],"affected":["microsoft/azure sphere"],"epss":{"score":0.01401,"percentile":0.72324,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"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."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-16970","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"secure@microsoft.com"},{"url":"https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2020-1118","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"secure@microsoft.com"},{"url":"https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-16970","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2020-1118","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-16970","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}