Vulnerability · Published May 13, 2020 · Assigned by palo_alto

CVE-2020-2015PAN-OS: Buffer overflow in the management server

High 8.8

In plain English

A high-severity buffer overflow in PAN-OS from Palo Alto Networks. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.9% (higher than 80% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)8.8High

Exploit odds (30 days)1.9%top 20.1% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A buffer overflow vulnerability in the PAN-OS management server allows authenticated users to crash system processes or potentially execute arbitrary code with root privileges. This issue affects: PAN-OS 7.1 versions earlier than 7.1.26; PAN-OS 8.1 versions earlier than 8.1.13; PAN-OS 9.0 versions earlier than 9.0.7; PAN-OS 9.1 versions earlier than 9.1.1; All versions of PAN-OS 8.0.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Palo Alto Networks	PAN-OS	8.0.*9.0 – before 9.0.77.1 – before 7.1.268.1 – before 8.1.139.1 – before 9.1.1

Weakness: CWE-120 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2020-2015 x_refsource_MISC