7.5

CVE-2020-8251: fedoraproject fedora Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

CVSS: 7.5v3.1HighModified
Published 18-09-2020Last modified 30-04-2025
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2020-8251 is a high (CVSS 7.5) Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability in fedoraproject fedora. EPSS estimates a 8.36% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 94.9% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
32/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
8.36%
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 1 · Related 1
OPENSUSE-SU-2024:11096-1

Timeline

  1. 18-09-2020
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 30-04-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Node.js < 14.11.0 is vulnerable to HTTP denial of service (DoS) attacks based on delayed requests submission which can make the server unable to accept new connections.

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 1 source · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

8.36%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

95%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 8.36% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
8.36%

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

Nodejs2 products
  • node≥ 4.0, < 4.* | ≥ 5.0, < 5.* | ≥ 6.0, < 6.* | ≥ 7.0, < 7.* | ≥ 8.0, < 8.* | ≥ 9.0, < 9.* | ≥ 11.0, < 11.* | ≥ 13.0, < 13.* | ≥ 14.0, < 14.11.0
  • node.js≥ 14.0.0, < 14.11.0
Fedoraproject1 product

2 vendors · 3 products

References

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