CVE-2020-8442

PoC —

CVSS 3.1

8.8 high

EPSS

2%p83

Published

Jan 30, 2020 (Jan 30, 2020)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Description

In OSSEC-HIDS 2.7 through 3.5.0, the server component responsible for log analysis (ossec-analysisd) is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer overflow in the rootcheck decoder component via an authenticated client.

Vendors: ossec
Products: ossec
Weakness: CWE-787
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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