VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2020-8448

CVSS score5.5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.49%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2020-01-30
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/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 denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via crafted messages written directly to the analysisd UNIX domain socket by a local user.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference

Primary references