VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2020-8447

CVSS score9.8 CRITICAL
EPSS probability1.94%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2020-01-30
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

In OSSEC-HIDS 2.7 through 3.5.0, the server component responsible for log analysis (ossec-analysisd) is vulnerable to a use-after-free during processing of syscheck formatted msgs (received from authenticated remote agents and delivered to the analysisd processing queue by ossec-remoted).

Weakness classification

  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-416

Primary references