What is CVE-2020-24504?

CVE-2020-24504 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Intel Ethernet Network Adapter E810-Cqda1, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2021-02-17.

How severe is CVE-2020-24504?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2020-24504 known to be exploited?

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

Resource exhaustion in Intel Ethernet Network Adapter E810-Cqda1

CVE-2020-24504

Uncontrolled resource consumption in some Intel(R) Ethernet E810 Adapter drivers for Linux before version 1.0.4 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable denial of service via local access.

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

Published 2021-02-17 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (20.2th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 20th percentile — 20.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

Public proof-of-concept exploits

ARPSyndicate/cvemon

References

www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00462.html (Patch, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-24504?: CVE-2020-24504 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Intel Ethernet Network Adapter E810-Cqda1, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2021-02-17.
How severe is CVE-2020-24504?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2020-24504 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.