VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2020-6098
An exploitable denial of service vulnerability exists in the freeDiameter functionality of freeDiameter 1.3.2.
HIGH 7.5EPSS 1.76%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.76%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
An exploitable denial of service vulnerability exists in the freeDiameter functionality of freeDiameter 1.3.2. A specially crafted Diameter request can trigger a memory corruption resulting in denial-of-service. An attacker can send a malicious packet to trigger this vulnerability.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.76% probability · 77th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-191, CWE-787
- Affected
- freediameter/freediameter
- Source
- talos-cna@cisco.com
References
- https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2020-1030Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2020-1030Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.