{"cve":"CVE-2020-5208","nvd":{"published":"2020-02-05T14:15:11.420","modified":"2026-06-17T03:21:01.630","status":"Modified","description":"It's been found that multiple functions in ipmitool before 1.8.19 neglect proper checking of the data received from a remote LAN party, which may lead to buffer overflows and potentially to remote code execution on the ipmitool side. This is especially dangerous if ipmitool is run as a privileged user. This problem is fixed in version 1.8.19.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":8.8},"cwes":["CWE-120"],"references":["http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-02/msg00031.html","https://github.com/ipmitool/ipmitool/commit/e824c23316ae50beb7f7488f2055ac65e8b341f2","https://github.com/ipmitool/ipmitool/security/advisories/GHSA-g659-9qxw-p7cp","https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/02/msg00006.html","https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/06/msg00029.html"],"products":["debian:debian_linux","fedoraproject:fedora","ipmitool_project:ipmitool","opensuse:leap"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:02:53.949909883+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2020-5208","score":0.0329,"percentile":0.88484,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}