CVE-2020-4435
Certain IBM Aspera applications are vulnerable to arbitrary memory corruption based on the product configuration, which could allow an…
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- ibm
Description
Certain IBM Aspera applications are vulnerable to arbitrary memory corruption based on the product configuration, which could allow an attacker with intimate knowledge of the system to execute arbitrary code or perform a denial-of-service (DoS) through the http fallback service. IBM X-Force ID: 180901.
Timeline
ID reserved
By ibm
- 5 months later
· 5 months later
Published
- 4 years later
· 4 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| ibmCNA (assigner) | 3.0 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.0/I:H/AC:H/UI:N/A:H/AV:N/C:H/S:U/PR:L/RL:O/E:U/RC:C |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.6% · top 24% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
- Gain Privileges
- CWE-787 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-787 and its CVEs
Affected products
IBM · Aspera Transfer Cluster Manager
- affected 1.3.1
IBM · Aspera High-Speed Transfer Server
- affected 3.9.3
- affected 3.7.4
IBM · Aspera Application Platform On Demand
- affected 3.7.4
- affected 1.4.3
- affected 3.7.4
- affected 3.7.4
IBM · Aspera High-Speed Transfer Server for Cloud Pak for Integration (CP4I)
- affected 3.9.10
- affected 3.9.3
IBM · Aspera High-Speed Transfer Endpoint
- affected 3.9.3
References (2)
- https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6221324 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- ibm-aspera-cve20204435-command-exec (180901) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2020-4435)Record last updated .