CVE-2020-4207

Severity Score

9.8

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

IBM Watson IoT Message Gateway 2.0.0.x, 5.0.0.0, 5.0.0.1, and 5.0.0.2 is vulnerable to a buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking when handling a failed HTTP request with specific content in the headers. By sending a specially crafted HTTP request, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system or cause a denial of service. IBM X-Force ID: 174972.

IBM Watson IoT Message Gateway versiones 2.0.0.x, 5.0.0.0, 5.0.0.1 y 5.0.0.2, es vulnerable a un desbordamiento del búfer, causado por una comprobación de límites inapropiada cuando se maneja una petición HTTP fallida con contenido específico en los encabezados. Mediante el envío de una petición HTTP especialmente diseñada, un atacante remoto podría desbordar un búfer y ejecutar código arbitrario en el sistema o causar una denegación de servicio. ID de IBM X-Force: 174972.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2019-12-30 CVE Reserved
2020-01-28 CVE Published
2024-03-04 EPSS Updated
2024-09-17 CVE Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-120: Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')

CAPEC

References (2)

URL	Tag	Source

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/174972	2020-02-03
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/1283626	2020-02-03

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Ibm Search vendor "Ibm"	Iot Messagesight Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Iot Messagesight"	>= 2.0.0.0 < 2.0.0.2 Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Iot Messagesight" and version " >= 2.0.0.0 < 2.0.0.2"	-	Affected	in	Linux Search vendor "Linux"	Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel"	-	-	Safe
Ibm Search vendor "Ibm"	Iot Messagesight Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Iot Messagesight"	5.0.0.0 Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Iot Messagesight" and version "5.0.0.0"	-	Affected	in	Linux Search vendor "Linux"	Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel"	-	-	Safe
Ibm Search vendor "Ibm"	Watson Iot Platform - Message Gateway Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Watson Iot Platform - Message Gateway"	5.0.0.1 Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Watson Iot Platform - Message Gateway" and version "5.0.0.1"	-	Affected	in	Linux Search vendor "Linux"	Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel"	-	-	Safe