CVE-2020-2042

high

Description

A buffer overflow vulnerability in the PAN-OS management web interface allows authenticated administrators to disrupt system processes and potentially execute arbitrary code with root privileges. This issue impacts only PAN-OS 10.0 versions earlier than PAN-OS 10.0.1.

References

https://www.tenable.com/blog/cve-2020-2040-critical-buffer-overflow-vulnerability-in-pan-os-devices-disclosed

https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2020-2042

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2020-09-09

Updated: 2024-11-21

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.2

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.01781