CVE-2020-5208

remote code execution vulnerability in ipmitool

HIGH
8.8
CVSS Score
Published: February 5, 2020 at 02:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:21 AM UTC
5 products affected across 5 vendorsDebian LinuxFedoraLeap

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Severity
HIGH8.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 3%

Description

It's been found that multiple functions in ipmitool before 1.8.19 neglect proper checking of the data received from a remote LAN party, which may lead to buffer overflows and potentially to remote code execution on the ipmitool side. This is especially dangerous if ipmitool is run as a privileged user. This problem is fixed in version 1.8.19.

Affected

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

v < < 1.8.19
Affected range stops below < 1.8.19, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

CVSS

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

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-120

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