CVE-2020-8597
CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 19.9%
eap.c in pppd in ppp 2.4.2 through 2.4.8 has an rhostname buffer overflow in the eap_request and eap_response functions.
- CVSS v3.1
- 9.8 CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS v3.1
- 9.8 CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS v2.0
- 7.5 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - EPSS
- 19.93% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 97th percentile
- Published
- 2020-02-03
- Updated
- 2025-12-03
Proof-of-concept exploits (5)
- Dilan-Diaz/Point-to-Point-Protocol-Daemon-RCE-Vulnerability-CVE-2020-8597-0★ · 2020-05-12
- WinMin/CVE-2020-859748★ · 2020-03-12
- dointisme/CVE-2020-85970★ · 2020-03-05
- lakwsh/CVE-2020-85976★ · 2021-01-24
- syb999/pppd-cve0★ · 2020-04-24