What is CVE-2020-7465?

CVE-2020-7465 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Mpd Project, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2020-10-06.

How severe is CVE-2020-7465?

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

Buffer overflow in Mpd Project

CVE-2020-7465

The L2TP implementation of MPD before 5.9 allows a remote attacker who can send specifically crafted L2TP control packet with AVP Q.931 Cause Code to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption).

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2020-10-06 · last modified 2026-06-17.

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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.030 (87.2th percentile), scored 2026-10-21.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 87th percentile — 87.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.030 · newest: 0.030 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Mpd Project
Stormshield Network Security — versions 4.4.0
Mpd: FreeBSD Ppp Daemon — versions All versions prior to version 5.9

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write

References

sourceforge.net/p/mpd/bugs/70/ (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
sourceforge.net/p/mpd/svn/2377/ (Patch, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-7465?: CVE-2020-7465 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Mpd Project, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2020-10-06.
How severe is CVE-2020-7465?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.