What is CVE-2020-5137?

CVE-2020-5137 is a high-severity vulnerability in Sonicwall Sonicos, classified under Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow). CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2020-10-12.

How severe is CVE-2020-5137?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Sonicwall Sonicos

CVE-2020-5137

A buffer overflow vulnerability in SonicOS allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to cause Denial of Service (DoS) on the firewall SSLVPN service and leads to firewall crash. This vulnerability affected SonicOS Gen 5 version 5.9.1.7, 5.9…

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.018 (75.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Sonicwall Sonicos — versions SonicOS 5.9.1.13-5n and earlier, SonicOS 6.5.4.7-79n and earlier, 7.0.0.0
Sonicwall Sonicosv

Weakness classification (CWE)

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

References

PSIRT@sonicwall.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-5137?: CVE-2020-5137 is a high-severity vulnerability in Sonicwall Sonicos, classified under Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow). CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2020-10-12.
How severe is CVE-2020-5137?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.