CVE-2020-5139 (GCVE-0-2020-5139)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-10-12 10:40 – Updated: 2024-08-04 08:22
VLAI
Summary
A vulnerability in SonicOS SSLVPN service allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to cause Denial of Service (DoS) due to the release of Invalid pointer and leads to a firewall crash. This vulnerability affected SonicOS Gen 5 version 5.9.1.7, 5.9.1.13, Gen 6 version 6.5.4.7, 6.5.1.12, 6.0.5.3, SonicOSv 6.5.4.v and Gen 7 version SonicOS 7.0.0.0.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-763 - Release of Invalid Pointer or Reference
Assigner
sonicwall CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard D 54/100 over 25 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
SonicWall SonicOS Affected: SonicOS 6.5.4.7-79n and earlier
Affected: SonicOS 5.9.1.7-2n and earlier
Affected: SonicOS 5.9.1.13-5n and earlier
Affected: SonicOS 6.5.1.11-4n and earlier
Affected: SonicOS 6.0.5.3-93o and earlier
Affected: SonicOSv 6.5.4.4-44v-21-794 and earlier
Affected: SonicOS 7.0.0.0-1
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