{"id":"CVE-2020-37280","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2020-37280","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T23:28:07.668Z","title":"cbor-sync through 1.0.4 contains a resource exhaustion vulnerability in CBOR.decode that trusts declared array and map lengths without checking remaining input.","description":"cbor-sync through 1.0.4 contains a resource exhaustion vulnerability in CBOR.decode that trusts declared array and map lengths without checking remaining input. Remote attackers can supply a tiny crafted CBOR payload declaring huge lengths to drive billions of iterations, exhausting CPU and process memory.","published":"2026-10-12T21:17:06.000Z","lastModified":"2026-10-16T19:18:45.000Z","status":"Deferred","sourceIdentifier":"disclosure@vulncheck.com","cvss":{"version":"4.0","score":8.7,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/M"},"cwe":["CWE-789"],"affected":[],"epss":{"score":0.00538,"percentile":0.45027,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[{"date":"2026-10-13","score":0.00538,"percentile":0.43733}]},"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 (0.54%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[{"kind":"new","label":"New CVE","at":"2026-10-12T21:17:06.000Z","detail":{"score":"8.7","severity":"HIGH","publishedAt":"2026-10-12T21:17:05.733Z"},"summary":"New CVE, high severity (CVSS 8.7)."}],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/PelionIoT/cbor-sync","source":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/PelionIoT/cbor-sync/issues/6","source":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/PelionIoT/cbor-sync/pull/4","source":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"},{"url":"https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/cbor-sync-through-1.0.4-memory-exhaustion-via-unchecked-cbor-array-lengths","source":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-37280","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."}