CVE-2020-5135 (GCVE-0-2020-5135)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2020-10-12 10:40
Modified
2025-10-21 23:35
Severity ?
9.8 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-120 - Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input
Summary
A buffer overflow vulnerability in SonicOS allows a remote attacker to cause Denial of Service (DoS) and potentially execute arbitrary code by sending a malicious request to the firewall. This vulnerability affected SonicOS Gen 6 version 6.5.4.7, 6.5.1.12, 6.0.5.3, SonicOSv 6.5.4.v and Gen 7 version 7.0.0.0.
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
SonicWall SonicOS Version: SonicOS 6.5.4.7-79n and earlier
Version: SonicOS 6.5.1.11-4n and earlier
Version: SonicOS 6.0.5.3-93o and earlier
Version: SonicOSv 6.5.4.4-44v-21-794 and earlier
Version: SonicOS 7.0.0.0-1
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CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability
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Date added: 2022-03-15

Due date: 2022-04-05

Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Used in ransomware: Unknown

Notes: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-5135

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