Vulnerability in Apple Mac OS X
CVE-2020-12243
In filter.c in slapd in OpenLDAP before 2.4.50, LDAP search filters with nested boolean expressions can result in denial of service (daemon crash).
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.047 (91.8th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 92nd percentile — 91.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.044 · newest: 0.047 · change: +0.003
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4666 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/05/msg00001.html (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- usn.ubuntu.com/4352-2/ (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-05/msg00016.html (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- usn.ubuntu.com/4352-1/ (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- bugs.openldap.org/show_bug.cgi (Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- git.openldap.org/openldap/openldap/-/blob/OPENLDAP_REL_ENG_2_4/CHANGES (Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
- git.openldap.org/openldap/openldap/-/commit/98464c11df8247d6a11b52e294ba5dd4f03… (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200511-0003/ (Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2020-12243?
- CVE-2020-12243 is a high-severity vulnerability in Apple Mac OS X, classified under Uncontrolled Recursion. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2020-04-28.
- How severe is CVE-2020-12243?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2020-12243 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.