CVE-2020-5135

critical

Description

A buffer overflow vulnerability in SonicOS allows a remote attacker to cause Denial of Service (DoS) and potentially execute arbitrary code by sending a malicious request to the firewall. This vulnerability affected SonicOS Gen 6 version 6.5.4.7, 6.5.1.12, 6.0.5.3, SonicOSv 6.5.4.v and Gen 7 version 7.0.0.0.

From the Tenable Blog

CVE-2021-20019: SonicWall Fixes Incomplete Patch for CVE-2020-5135
CVE-2021-20019: SonicWall Fixes Incomplete Patch for CVE-2020-5135

Published: 2021-06-23

SonicWall issues a new advisory and CVE identifier to address an incomplete fix for CVE-2020-5135.

CVE-2020-5135: Critical SonicWall VPN Portal Stack-based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
CVE-2020-5135: Critical SonicWall VPN Portal Stack-based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Published: 2020-10-15

Researchers disclose a critical pre-authentication vulnerability in the SonicWall VPN Portal that is easily exploitable.

References

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2020-10-12

Updated: 2025-04-02

Known Exploited Vulnerability (KEV)

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

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

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

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

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.38851