7.8

CVE-2020-35502: privoxy

CVSS: 7.8v2.0HighModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2020-35502DEBIAN-CVE-2020-35502
Published 25-03-2021Last modified 04-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2020-35502 is a high (CVSS 7.8) vulnerability in privoxy. EPSS estimates a 2.35% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 83.4% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
32/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.8/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
2.35%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 2 · Related 1

Timeline

  1. 25-03-2021
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 04-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

A flaw was found in Privoxy in versions before 3.0.29. Memory leaks when a response is buffered and the buffer limit is reached or Privoxy is running out of memory can lead to a system crash.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

2.35%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

83%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 2.35% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
2.35%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • privoxy< 3.0.29-1
Privoxy1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • privoxy< 3.0.21-7+deb8u1ubuntu0.1~esm1 | < 3.0.24-1ubuntu0.1 | < 3.0.26-5ubuntu0.1 | < 3.0.28-2ubuntu0.1

3 vendors · 3 products

References

10 links