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CVE-2020-7450
In FreeBSD 12.1-STABLE before r357213, 12.1-RELEASE before 12.1-RELEASE-p2, 12.0-RELEASE before 12.0-RELEASE-p13, 11.3-STABLE before…
Critical9.8EPSS 2.5%
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Description
In FreeBSD 12.1-STABLE before r357213, 12.1-RELEASE before 12.1-RELEASE-p2, 12.0-RELEASE before 12.0-RELEASE-p13, 11.3-STABLE before r357214, and 11.3-RELEASE before 11.3-RELEASE-p6, URL handling in libfetch with URLs containing username and/or password components is vulnerable to a heap buffer overflow allowing program misbehavior or malicious code execution.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.5% · top 15% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.8.
Weakness
- Heap-based buffer overflow
- CWE-787 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-787 and its CVEs
Affected products
FreeBSD
- affected 12.1-STABLE before r357213
- affected 12.1-RELEASE before 12.1-RELEASE-p2
- affected 12.0-RELEASE before 12.0-RELEASE-p13
- affected 11.3-STABLE before r357214
- affected 11.3-RELEASE before 11.3-RELEASE-p6
References (1)
- https://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-20:01.libfetch.asc (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_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-2020-7450)Record last updated .