CVE-2020-16135 (GCVE-0-2020-16135)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-07-29 20:20 – Updated: 2024-08-04 13:37
VLAI
Summary
libssh 0.9.4 has a NULL pointer dereference in tftpserver.c if ssh_buffer_new returns NULL.
Severity
5.9 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
mitre CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard E 28/100 over 2286 records in the last 180 days details
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