7.5

CVE-2020-8037: apple mac_os_x

CVSS: 7.5v3.1HighModified
AliasesALPINE-CVE-2020-8037MGASA-2020-0430SUSE-SU-2020:3358-1
Published 04-11-2020Last modified 16-09-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2020-8037 is a high (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability in apple mac_os_x. EPSS estimates a 3.11% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 87.6% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
31/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
3.11%
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 4 · Related 4

Timeline

  1. 04-11-2020
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 16-09-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The ppp decapsulator in tcpdump 4.9.3 can be convinced to allocate a large amount of memory.

CVSS metrics

6 scores · 5 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

3.11%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

88%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 3.11% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
3.11%

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

Redhat3 products
  • tcpdump< 14:4.9.3-2.el8
  • tcpdump-debuginfo< 14:4.9.3-2.el8
  • tcpdump-debugsource< 14:4.9.3-2.el8
Apple2 products
  • mac_os_x< 10.14.6 | ≥ 10.15, < 10.15.7 | 10.14.6 | 10.14.6:security_update_2019-001 | 10.14.6:security_update_2019-002 | 10.14.6:security_update_2020-001 | 10.14.6:security_update_2020-002 | 10.14.6:security_update_2020-003 | 10.14.6:security_update_2020-004 | 10.14.6:security_update_2020-005 | 10.14.6:security_update_2020-006 | 10.14.6:security_update_2020-007 | 10.14.6:security_update_2021-001 | 10.15.7 | 10.15.7:security_update_2020-001 | 10.15.7:security_update_2021-001 | 10.15.7:supplemental_update
  • macos≥ 11.0, < 11.3
Debian2 products
Opensuse2 products
  • tcpdump&distro=openSUSE Leap 15.1< 4.9.2-lp151.4.9.1
  • tcpdump&distro=openSUSE Leap 15.2< 4.9.2-lp152.7.3.1
Suse2 products
  • tcpdump&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP1< 4.9.2-3.12.1
  • tcpdump&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP2< 4.9.2-3.12.1
Alpine1 product
  • tcpdump< 4.9.3-r1
Fedoraproject1 product
Mageia1 product
  • tcpdump< 4.9.3-1.1.mga7
Tcpdump1 product
The tcpdump group1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • tcpdumpAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 4.9.3-0ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm1 | < 4.9.3-0ubuntu0.18.04.2 | < 4.9.3-4ubuntu0.1

11 vendors · 17 products

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