What is CVE-2020-27745?

CVE-2020-27745 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Schedmd Slurm, classified under Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow). CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2020-11-27.

How severe is CVE-2020-27745?

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

Is CVE-2020-27745 known to be exploited?

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

Buffer overflow in Schedmd Slurm

CVE-2020-27745

Slurm before 19.05.8 and 20.x before 20.02.6 has an RPC Buffer Overflow in the PMIx MPI plugin.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.024 (81.8th 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

Schedmd Slurm
Debian Debian_linux — versions 9.0, 10.0
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

ARPSyndicate/cvemon

References

cve@mitre.org (Patch, x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN)
cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-27745?: CVE-2020-27745 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Schedmd Slurm, classified under Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow). CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2020-11-27.
How severe is CVE-2020-27745?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2020-27745 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.