FKIE_CVE-2020-5135

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2020-10-12 11:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 03:20
Severity
9.8 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
9.8 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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
PSIRT@sonicwall.comhttps://psirt.global.sonicwall.com/vuln-detail/SNWLID-2020-0010Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://psirt.global.sonicwall.com/vuln-detail/SNWLID-2020-0010Vendor Advisory
134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2020-5135US Government Resource
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
sonicwall sonicos *
sonicwall sonicos *
sonicwall sonicos *
sonicwall sonicos 7.0.0.0
sonicwall sonicosv *
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