What is CVE-2020-19692?

CVE-2020-19692 is a critical-severity vulnerability in F5 Njs, classified under Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow). CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2023-04-04.

How severe is CVE-2020-19692?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2020-19692 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Buffer overflow in F5 Njs

CVE-2020-19692

Buffer Overflow vulnerabilty found in Nginx NJS v.0feca92 allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code via the njs_module_read in the njs_module.c file.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.013 (67.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

F5 Njs
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-120 — Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

l0kihardt/l0kihardt

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-19692?: CVE-2020-19692 is a critical-severity vulnerability in F5 Njs, classified under Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow). CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2023-04-04.
How severe is CVE-2020-19692?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2020-19692 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.