CVE-2020-7919
HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: March 16, 2020 at 08:55 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:25 AM UTC
4 products affected across 4 vendorsDebian LinuxFedoraGo
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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 3%
Description
Go before 1.12.16 and 1.13.x before 1.13.7 (and the crypto/cryptobyte package before 0.0.0-20200124225646-8b5121be2f68 for Go) allows attacks on clients (resulting in a panic) via a malformed X.509 certificate.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Debian Linux· Debiandrupal
95%95%
1.12 ≤ v < 1.12.61.13 ≤ v < 1.13.7
Affected range stops below 1.12.6, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 1.13.7, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
All versions
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (7)
x_refsource_MISC
Source: [email protected]
https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/golang-announce/-sdUB4VEQkAx_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/golang-announce/Hsw4mHYc470Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/S43VLYRURELDWX4D5RFOYBNFGO6CGBBC/x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200327-0001/Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4848CVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- NONE
- Integrity
- NONE
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-295
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