CVE-2020-5135

CRITICAL
9.8
CVSS Score
Published: October 12, 2020 at 10:40 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:20 AM UTC
2 products affected across 1 vendorSonicOSSonicOSv

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Severity
CRITICAL9.8
Exploitation
CISA KEV
Exploit prediction
EPSS 27%
SSVC
Active

Actively Exploited

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog

EPSS Score26.9%

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) estimates a 26.9% chance this CVE is exploited in the wild within the next 30 days — higher than 98% of all CVEs. It complements CVSS: a high EPSS on a mid-severity CVE can still be urgent.

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.

Required Action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Ransomware Use
Known
Added to KEV
Mar 15, 2022
Remediation Due
Apr 5, 2022
1667 days overdue

Description

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v ≤ 6.0.5.3v ≤ 6.0.5.3-93ov ≤ 6.5.1.11-4nv ≤ 6.5.4.4-44v-21-794v ≤ 6.5.4.7-79n6.5.0.0 ≤ v ≤ 6.5.1.116.5.4.0 ≤ v ≤ 6.5.4.77.0.0.07.0.0.0-1
v ≤ 6.5.4.4

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

References (2)

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCActiveAutomatableTotal impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

9.8CRITICALCISA-ADP
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-120

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